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Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pluto is still a planet in all our hearts

My heart pumps blood. My brain does the thinking. Pluto is not a planet. So what? It's still fascinating.

Pluto and Charon are tidally locked, meaning they always face each other as they orbit around. Romanticizing a bit, they are like dancers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU5pQWQRxak

I'm your moon, you're my moon,

We go round and round.

From out here, it's the rest of the world that looks so small.

Promise me you will always remember who you are.

Labels can be helpful for categorizing, organizing our knowledge. Labels do not define us. We're all space stuff.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Pluto and Charon are tidally locked

To clarify, they're mutually tidally locked, which is what's rare

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This is the song let me forgive science for what they did to Pluto. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wrJ6_GAprFE