Pluto is Now Just a Number: 134340 - Pluto was given a new name to reflect its new status as a dwarf planet. So, how come "Makemake" wasn't given just a number?

"A dwarf planet circling the sun out beyond the orbit of Neptune has been rechristened Makemake after a Polynesian god (the god of fertility) and designated the third of the solar system's new class of plutoids, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced Saturday.

Makemake is a small, red-tinged world that ranks among the largest objects in the outer solar system. But it is still smaller and dimmer than the already demoted dwarf planet Pluto.

Astronomers discovered Makemake (pronounced MAH-keh MAH-keh), the fourth dwarf planet so far, in 2005 and believe its surface is covered by a layer of frozen methane."

Space, the final frontier....

Hey, I don't care what they say about Pluto, it's still my favorite planet!

They are gonna be so sorry when the space brothers come down and start kicking, well, you know what they are gonna kick....lol.

They live on that planet with the 'ugly' name!

Yes, Pluto will alys be Pluto to me, never just a number!

I REMEMBERED GETTING BAD GRADES IN BIOLOGY BECAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER ALL THE PLANETS. CAN I GET MY GRADES CHANGED FOR NOT LISTING PLUTO AS A PLANET. I ALWAYS SAID PLUTO WAS A DOG AND NOT A PLANET. NOW I FIND OUT I AM RIGHT PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET. SO HOW CAN I GET MY GRADE CHANGED?

OH YES ~ I HEARD THAT ANOTHER PLANET WAS DISCOVERED JUST BEYOND WHERE PLUTO WAS. HOW IS ALL THIS DANCING ARROUND GOING TO EFFECT ASTRTOLOGY CHARTS?

REMEMBER WHERE YOUR TOWEL IS, LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.

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"Well the Sun's a hot star,
Mercury's hot, too.
Venus is the brightest planet,
Earth's home to me and you.
Mars is the red one,
And Jupiter's most wide.
Saturn's got those icy rings,
And Uranus spins on its side.
Neptune's really windy,
And Pluto's really small.
Well we wanted to name the planets,
And now we've named them all."

(Steve sings this on Blue's Clues)

I Can only imagine what he would do with a punchline for.."Uranus spins on it's side".

Well, I THINK The Universe is the one that made it spin that way in the first place!

If Uranus kept getting hit by meteors!

The Universe

 

Thanks, Mr. Universe.

You are the master of the 'one liner' and I have had my fix to get me through the week.

..is very special, indeed!