• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    While I understand they are all elliptical, isn’t that the reason they moved Pluto to a dwarf planet, because it’s orbit was “to elliptical” and crossing Neptune’s orbital path?

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      2 days ago

      Its orbit is also at a considerable angle relative to the plane all other planets orbit in. That alone made me question it’s planet-ness long before it got demoted. And I felt really validated when Jim Carrey’s kids in Me, Myself and Irene argued about Pluto being a planet or not.