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).

Link | More Fun Science T-shirts (perfect for the geek you love!)

Tags: astronomer, pluto, Science T-Shirts

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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.
Jason Shiga
Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Pluto:
Proof that clearing surrounding celestial debris from your orbit matters
Kalel
Apr 24th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Size matters when ordering shirts.
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.
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.
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…
Ali S.
Apr 24th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
@ VonSkippy

My word! *monocled!* O_o
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.
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…
SenorMysterioso
Apr 24th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I want to cut pluto in two and squeeze a delicious beverage out of him
Tempscire
Apr 24th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Ha, and I was just thinking Pluto looked like a meatball.
SenorMysterioso
Apr 25th, 2009 at 4:28 am
meatwad get the honeys see
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.
Alex
Apr 25th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
You guys are terrible!
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.)
Ben Eshbach
Apr 26th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Ha! Meatwad get the money, G.

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