• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      and charon, which is in mutual orbit with pluto and not that much smaller

      which really shows how much the average “pluto is a planet” person actually knows about space, lol

      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        And my mates Ceres and Sedna! And Orcus, Makemake, Haumea, Eris (which started this whole deal), Gonggong, Quaoar, Salacia, Leleākūhonua, and at least 40 undiscovered Sednoids. Vesta, Pallas, Hygeia, and Interamnia probably counted at one point too!

        At some point it stops being gatekeeping and is just another kingdom entirely.