tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731207486835470796.post177816229517890215..comments2023-10-17T15:29:30.274+00:00Comments on Whimsical Frippery: Planet mobile with bonus Pluto minipoppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771910028083708967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5731207486835470796.post-5133004119061552942014-03-14T14:33:34.786+00:002014-03-14T14:33:34.786+00:00I love the mobile!
I don't really care about ...I love the mobile!<br /><br />I don't really care about the "official" status of pluto. I think it's important to recognise there are other "planets" approximately as big which were never recognised as planets, which most people defending pluto don't mention. But most fields of academia have official terminology which isn't always the same as popular usage. "Dwarf planet" sounds about right to me, but I'm also fine with calling it a planet -- I'd be happy to call larger moons planets too, especially if they had people living there, seeing as how we need a word for "rocky object you can walk around on" more than a word for "body orbiting a star".<br /><br /><i>or at least until some wit stuck a black cape on a stone and called it Lord Bouldermort.</i><br /><br />LOL,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com