Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The Great Pluto Debate

 Not sure how this debate came up, but one student was adamant about Pluto still being a part of the 9 planets of the solar system.  I apologize in advance if any of my information is wrong.

Me: Pluto is no longer a considered an official planet.
Student A: What?? Pluto IS still a planet.
Me: Last I heard, it was not considered a planet of our solar system, it's now just considered a dwarf star.  I could be wrong, but that is the latest information I've heard.
Student A: Look! I heard it on GVTV (our school's daily news program)!  Pluto is still a planet in our solar system!
Me: I guess we'll have to agree to disagree about this then, but I strongly feel that it's considered a dwarf planet.
Student A: We need to ask someone!
Student B: Yeah we need to ask someone!
Me: Who would we call about this?
Student A: NASA!
Student B: But don't have NASA's phone number!
Student A: What is NASA's number???

Maybe you had to be there, but Student A is working on trying not to get worked up about minor issues, like Pluto being an official planet or not.  He was not so successful today :-(