Pluto: Proof That Size Matters


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).

http://shop.neatorama.com/product-info.php?pluto-proof-size-matters-pid308.html | More Fun Science T-shirts (perfect for the geek you love!)


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.
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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...
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