Planet Eris and the Plutoids
The International Astronomical Union (Motto: All Astronomers Must Bow to Us!) has announced a new term for dwarf planets such as Pluto and Eris: plutoid. (See http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080611/sc_space/plutonowcalledaplutoid). This is apparently an attempt to reach some consensus over the controversy created when Eris was found to be bigger than Pluto, and both were declared dwarf planets.In case you missed last week's episode, Discordians had a big hand in all this. On August 11, 2005, Professor Mu-Chao (then known as Prince Mu-Chao) suggested a Jake to get Planet X named Eris. Several of us did the jake, and on September 13, 2006, it was officially named just that (technically, it was 136199 Eris--because it was a dwarf planet, they had to stick a big number on it). This became known as The Jake That Changed a World (see the original post at http://23ae.com/index.asp?post=208 and the results at http://discordia.loveshade.org/ek-sen-trik-kuh/planeteris.html . Unfortunately, due to a server crash or some such a year or so ago, a great number of posts on the jake were lost.)
What I want to know is, why did they decide these mini worlds should be called plutoids, and not eristoids?
Comments
What I wonder is why don't they call them hemmoroids?
Posted by: Big Bad Bob | June 12, 2008 07:18 AM
So us Discordians actually did something useful, eh? Not that getting a piece of frozen rock a different name is really useful. But I like discordiatoids.
Posted by: Pope Maneater | June 13, 2008 04:12 AM
I love the link on Planet Eris! Shows you what a group of weirdos can really do if they stick apart together!
Posted by: TawTew the Naturally Perfumed | June 14, 2008 04:01 PM
Why don't they just make Pluto and Eris both planets and get it over with?
Posted by: Plane Jane | June 18, 2008 03:56 AM
What difference does it make what they're called? Earth is where Man is, and all the rest are just lights in the sky. Jesus came to earth to save men from their sins, not Pluto!
Posted by: Christian Andy | June 18, 2008 03:23 PM
Christian Andy you think stars are just lights in the sky? What planet did you come from?
Posted by: Tonya Who's Christian | June 19, 2008 09:15 PM
Are you saying Jesus didn't come to save us from Pluto? I don't know about that. That Disney dog can look pretty scary.
Posted by: Reverend Loveshade | June 25, 2008 12:50 AM
Does Pluto do it doggy style? I mean swimming, of course.
Posted by: Georgie | June 25, 2008 06:40 PM
I like hemmoroids. They're little messangels from God.
Posted by: Dr. Bigg Ass | July 5, 2008 07:12 PM
They just don't want to admit there's 10 planets. Makes all those sci-fi writers right. Can't have that.
Posted by: Phyllyp | August 18, 2008 04:16 AM
Two words. Who cares?
Posted by: Mary Anne | September 3, 2008 04:47 AM