Prickly City by Scott Stantis for February 16, 2015

Is Too!Planet means wanderer, it wanders, ergo it’s a planet.

No, it’s not! Neil says so !!!

The IAU faced a bit of a conundrum in 2005 with the discovery of Eris, a trans-Neptunian object larger than Pluto. In 2006 they created a new category of solar objects calling them Dwarf Planets.-The IAU recognizes the following as Dwarf Planets:Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris-Some scientists feel that any object with a diameter greater than 900 km should be considered a dwarf planet. This would include:Orcus, 2002 MS4, Salacia, Quaoar, 2007 OR10, and Sedna.-This is an ongoing debate and is by no means settled.But if Pluto was still a planet then our solar system would have 13 or maybe 19 planets.And what a headache it woiuld be to come up with a new rhyming scheme for “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas”-Anyone want to try for MercuryVenusEarthMarsCeresJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneOrcusPluto2002 MS4SalaciaHaumeaQuaoarMakemake2007 OR10ErisSedna

Sorry Carmen, but Winslow is right on this one.

Holst’s big hit would require all night for the philharmoniacs.

Holst was apparently prescient in not including Pluto, but I do miss it, with all due respect to Neil deGrasse Tyson….

I wish this was the biggest argument in the world today…