Planetary Identity Theorem.

[dwivian]

elfgirl calls this "Epic Fail".

Apparently the International Astronomers Union decided to solve the problem of what to call Pluto by naming it a plutoid. A plutoid is basically "something out where pluto is that looks like pluto and not the nearby rocks."

::headdesk::

Comments

[suetekh.livejournal.com]

What utter nonsense...and ignores the full-on Romanticism of Pluto and Charon as the only proper binary planetoids so far in our solar system...forever locked together, circling in gravational embrace...

...bring back natural Philosophers and let's get some grace back into naming.

[raidingparty.livejournal.com]

I still like Calvin's application of names:

The universe was created by "The Horrendous Space Kablooie", and the large carnivorous (although possibly scavenging) beasts with teeny tiny arms were "Monstrous Killer Death Lizards".

My Very Educated Mother Just Said, "Uh-oh, No Pluto!"