Would you believe that it's been almost three years since Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet? Has anyone really gotten used to this? After a lifetime of picturing our solar system having nine, count 'em, NINE planets, now we have to accept that there are only eight. It used to be so symmetrical (work with me here) having Mercury and Pluto, the two smallest planets, holding down both ends of our solar system (except during the periods when Neptune was further away from the Sun than Pluto). Okay, so symmetrical isn't the right word, and it's not like the planets are actually lined up in a straight line as in the posters, but do you see what I'm getting at? Couldn't we just make Pluto an honorary planet or something?
At the time, I imagined the following sketch on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update:
Weekend Update Anchor: "Less than a week after reclassifying Pluto as a 'dwarf planet,' scientists have renamed the beleaguered former planet... Goofy."
(show close-up of Goofy character)
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