Poor Pluto
posted by Carleigh on 8/24/2009 7:22:36 PM
The former planet's identity crisis lives on.
As many of you will remember, three years ago today Pluto was stripped of it's planet title and deemed a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union.
I'm not sure why, but I remember a feeling of sadness when I heard the news. Poor Pluto was no longer a planet? What about my textbooks telling me otherwise? What about the diorama I spent hours creating in the 3rd grade?
Suddenly the clever mnemonic device I was taught to remember the order of the planets, "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas," no longer applied. How could we fix it? My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles? Nachos? Nothing?!?
Apparently I'm not the only person who feels that Pluto was robbed.
The Illinois Senate has declared that Pluto is in fact a Planet, at least while it passes over the state. And the New Mexico House of Representatives went so far as to create their very own "Pluto is a Planet" holiday.
Are you nostalgic about 'planet' Pluto?