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Pluto reclassified as "dwarf planet"

Dwarf planet? I think those astronomers have been spending too much time watching Disney cartoons. Why not the relatively neutral "minor planet" or the geek-chic-sounding "planetoid?" If they're determined to have a Disney theme, why not "Mickey Mouse planet" or "Disney world" or "waltoid?"

Dwarf planet. I don't like it. I feel bad for Pluto and all the future dwarf planets in our solar system.

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by eric nakao
posted: august 24, 2006, 4:41 PM ET
update: september 3, 2006, 3:50 AM ET