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Pluto: Proof That Size Matters

By Alex in Science & Tech on Apr 24, 2009 at 2:15 pm



Pluto: Proof that Size Matters (just $9.95) – modeled by Ashton

Almost three years ago, the general public was rocked by science: astronomers at the International Astronomical Union booted off Pluto from the list of planets orbiting the Sun. It’s just a "reclassification," these astronomers insisted, but we all know better. Pluto is Proof that Size Matters ;)

Okay, so it’s a couple of years late, but it’s still very funny. Here’s a new geeky T-shirt design by Chris Murphy (an excellent illustrator for print and web, by the way, if you’re ever interested in hiring one).

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  1. Teri Solow
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Pluto wasn't unplaneted because of size; it was unplaneted because it crosses Neptune's orbit.

  2. Jason Shiga
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Pluto:
    Proof that clearing surrounding celestial debris from your orbit matters

  3. Kalel
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Size matters when ordering shirts.

  4. artbot
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Pluto's demotion also has to do with its wildly elliptical and out-of-the-plane of all the other planets orbits, making it more akin to the long period comets/asteroids of the Oort cloud.

  5. Tyler11
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    Pluto may be small but it takes a long time to be published into the national journal of science.

  6. VonSkippy
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    If size matters, maybe you'd sell more shirts if you had a model with a bigger rack.

    //changes orbit - heads for cover...

  7. Ali S.
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    @ VonSkippy

    My word! *monocled!* O_o

  8. Moon
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    LOL @ Ali S.!!!

    But we were all thinking it. If size matters, that model needs bigger boobs.

  9. 375
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    I don't get it... are we assuming Pluto is "proof" b/c it was small and therefore nobody gives a crap about small things?

    ... I didn't know the small size was the reason for excluding Pluto =(

    It doesn't seem very logical...

  10. SenorMysterioso
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    I want to cut pluto in two and squeeze a delicious beverage out of him

  11. Tempscire
    Apr 24th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    Ha, and I was just thinking Pluto looked like a meatball.

  12. SenorMysterioso
    Apr 25th, 2009 at 4:28 am

    meatwad get the honeys see

  13. Yoj
    Apr 25th, 2009 at 9:20 am

    The use of the different fonts, all caps, sans serif plus non serif... It burns the eyes.

  14. Alex
    Apr 25th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    You guys are terrible! ;)

  15. Susan
    Apr 25th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Anyone else find it slightly ironic that a picture involving Pluto was taken outside of Disneyland? (You can see the monorail in the background.)

  16. Ben Eshbach
    Apr 26th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Ha! Meatwad get the money, G.

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