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prokopetz:
prokopetz:
The truth is that Pluto was demoted not because we have anything against Pluto, but because if we let Pluto be a planet we’d have to let Ceres be a planet too, and, like, fuck Ceres in particular.
This isn’t a shitpost. This is a completely literal description of the decision-making process underpinning the IAU’s 2006 reforms to the definition of a planet.
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prokopetz:
prokopetz:
The truth is that Pluto was demoted not because we have anything against Pluto, but because if we let Pluto be a planet we’d have to let Ceres be a planet too, and, like, fuck Ceres in particular.
This isn’t a shitpost. This is a completely literal description of the decision-making process underpinning the IAU’s 2006 reforms to the definition of a planet.
(Your picture was not posted)
