Astronomy

Fuck off Pluto, we're full!

You didn't know they had a thing? It lasted until Australia found out Pluto wasn't really a planet.

It's their payback for that whole "clears its orbit" business.

Discreetly insulting both Australia and Pluto in one sentence! Absolutely love this; will share it with all my Australia and Plutonian friends! If Earth gets attacked, it's not my fault, but yours :'P

When they came for Pluto, I said nothing because I wasn't a planet
When they came for Australia, I said nothing because I wasn't a continent
When they came for Bielefeld, I said nothing because I wasn't a city
When they came for me, there was no one left to say anything

– Martin Niemöller

And now putin starts pumping out propaganda that pluto used to be russian

Dwarf continent

Or does it mean Australia is a planet?

Fun fact: the surface area of Pluto is only about 4% larger than Russia.

Even more amazing that it was found in the era it was. People were pouring over the skies looking for the next big planet, and instead they found this little guy.

There are still some orbital dynamics suggestions that something large and dark is lurking out there -- an ice giant. But it's still largely conjecture. It'd be interesting to see how they define it should they find something very large (say Neptune mass), but it hasn't cleared its orbit. Is it a planet or not? :D

Heresy! Australia will always be a planet.

Absolute size isn't really in the criteria for a planet though. Pluto isn't a planet because it shares its orbit with lots of other icy bodies in the Kuiper belt.

No it's just really small

Straya's never been a planet, mate.

Would the owner of a beige 1930 dwarf planet please move it, or we will have it towed.