"Plutoid" - a new word

[True blue (and gold)]

Granted, I may be the only BGPer that cares...but just in case:

 

The former planet Pluto has now been put into the new category of solar system objects to be known as "plutoids". http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/

 

Oh...and in case you missed it, the 2006 "Word of the Year" was 'plutoed,' which means to be dismissed or demoted.

[Guest Bluto]

Oh...and in case you missed it, the 2006 "Word of the Year" was 'plutoed,' which means to be dismissed or demoted.

 

By that definition I've been "Plutoed" all my life... :irked:

[True blue (and gold)]

By that definition I've been "Plutoed" all my life... :irked:

 

:lol:

 

Thanks for responding, Bluto...I didn't want to create the only thread that no one posts in!

[Habib]

So officially Pluto is not a planet? Maybe I'm out of the loop but wasn't that an ongoing debate? Forgive me if I'm way behind the times. :lol:

[Birdsfan]

:lol:

 

Thanks for responding, Bluto...I didn't want to create the only thread that no one posts in!

Then your thread would be plutoed.

[True blue (and gold)]

Then your thread would be plutoed.

:laugh:

[Hearsay]

Pluto has a natural orbit and its own satellite. Its a planet, I don't care what the 'scientists' say. Size isn't everything.

[threetimelover]

"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Plutoids..."

[the mathemagician]

I'll go with scientists over non-scientists everytime.

 

BTW, is an inhabitant of Pluto a Plutoid or a Plutian or something else?

[True blue (and gold)]

Pluto has a natural orbit and its own satellite. Its a planet, I don't care what the 'scientists' say. Size isn't everything.

 

Actually, it has three moons now - add Nix and Hydra to Charon. They are tiny, compared to the size relationship between Pluto and Charon, though.

 

 

I sort of agree, Hearsay...but, the way I look at it...changing it's name does not make it any less (or more) important - a rose by any other name smells as sweet.

[True blue (and gold)]

"My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Plutoids..."

 

Actually, take the "plutoid" out, since it is not considered a planet...so "my very educated mother just served us noodles!"

 

Actually, in the state of New Mexico, it is still legally considered a planet.

[owsleyking]

I'll go with scientists over non-scientists everytime.

 

BTW, is an inhabitant of Pluto a Plutoid or a Plutian or something else?

 

Not sure...but I'll bet they're cold!!!

[HHSDad]

So are all the objects in the Kupier Belt also plutoids? And what was wrong with the term dwarf planet?

[True blue (and gold)]

So are all the objects in the Kupier Belt also plutoids? And what was wrong with the term dwarf planet?

 

According to the story, they have only given the term to Pluto and Eris. I'm not sure what is wrong with "dwarf planet." I'm afraid we are getting too many classes of objects...and and not covinced of the importance of all the separate categories.

[Hearsay]

According to the story, they have only given the term to Pluto and Eris. I'm not sure what is wrong with "dwarf planet." I'm afraid we are getting too many classes of objects...and and not covinced of the importance of all the separate categories.

 

I've been told that 'dwarf' is very politically incorrect. They wanted to give Pluto a new exotic name rather than make him feel bad by calling him a dwarf.

 

How about Plutarch's?