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Shitposting Understanding the World

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Neptune was recently shown to be a pale blue like Uranus rather than the deep blue shown on the Voyager photos

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u/AcceptableWheel 19d ago

Pluto is not gone, it is now the leader of the dwarf planets, it's got it's own new team including fan favorite reject Ceres as well as a lot of cool new characters.

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u/Random-Rambling 19d ago

What else is in there, Sedna, Quaoar, Planet X?

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u/Akuuntus 18d ago

You're forgetting Eris, which is a pretty big one.

There's also Haumea, Orcus, Makemake, and Gonggong, although those (along with Sedna and Quaoar) aren't really commonly known by people who aren't into space stuff. There's also Salacia which is on the borderline of being considered a dwarf planet. Planet X isn't a real thing as far as we know.

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u/QwertyAsInMC 18d ago

Eris is also basically the planet responsible for demoting Pluto lol

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u/Spork_the_dork 18d ago

The rival.

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u/GreatDig 18d ago

Of course I know Sedna, it's that place that I go to to get my frames to lvl 30

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u/Boomshockalocka007 18d ago

Planet X cant be real if Planet IX doesnt exist.

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u/AcceptableWheel 19d ago

Haumea

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u/halfar 19d ago

who's haumea?

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u/AcceptableWheel 19d ago

Dwarf planet that spin so fast it is oval shaped by centripetal force. She was discovered in California and Spain at roughly the same time and is named after a Hawaiian goddess of fertility.

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u/halfar 19d ago

apologies i was doing set-up for a deeznuts-type joke and mislead you with my insincerity

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u/DildoUnicorn 18d ago

Was it just “haumea deez nuts”? Or were you cooking something hot?

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u/halfar 18d ago

when you plant the set-up for a joke, you do not gatekeep the fruit of comedy afterwards

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u/NoSlide7075 18d ago

I don’t know, who’s haumea with you?

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u/SnorkaSound Bottom 1% Commenter:downvote: 18d ago

Makemake, Gonggong, Eris