Okay... Pluto is no longer a planet but what will the be after effects of this historical event.
The very first think coming into my mind is schools and kids.
American school teachers have a mnemonic for children to remember the order of the planets in the solar system.
It's My very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas, the first letter in each word representing the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).
But after this event, they've had to change that to My very energetic mother just served us nachos.
Across the world, it seems, the overwhelming vote from school kids is to reinstate Pluto as a planet.
There's been a celestial coup and its ripples run right up to little Pluto, perched on the edge of the solar system 4.2 billion km away.
The king of the underworld, as the Greeks referred to Pluto, has been dethroned all because he couldn't pull his weight in the solar system.
But many fans of the tiniest planet will find it hard to let go of their favourite celestial body.
"Why have they taken away Pluto? We like it the most," asks my bro's son and he and his friends are also worried about their syllabus.
"What will they teach us now? Eight planets, or nine? We have always known the solar system as nine planets," said the young scientists
Affection for the tiniest
But it's not just the children who are getting emotional about Pluto's demotion.
"I remember when I used to speak about the solar system, I would explain the rest of the planets as huge celestial bodies, but with Pluto, it was always this tiny planet which I had a lot affection for.
"I think children feel attached to it because of the cartoon character also," said an Indian scientist in an interview.
But some children don't need to worry too much. Their teacher has decided to maintain the status quo.
"The status of planets is a bit ambiguous. Sometimes there are 12. Then there are nine and now eight. I'm going to go ahead teaching the syllabus like it is," said a teacher neighbouring us.
The international astronomical union's decision to remove Pluto from the planet lineup was done clinically and for well-researched scientific reasons.
But the opposition does not want to buy this argument. Their hearts have been broken.
I hope there is no another resolution coming up in very next or few years to confuse and raise questions about the theory of entire solar system ...
-Justin
The very first think coming into my mind is schools and kids.
American school teachers have a mnemonic for children to remember the order of the planets in the solar system.
It's My very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas, the first letter in each word representing the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).
But after this event, they've had to change that to My very energetic mother just served us nachos.
Across the world, it seems, the overwhelming vote from school kids is to reinstate Pluto as a planet.
There's been a celestial coup and its ripples run right up to little Pluto, perched on the edge of the solar system 4.2 billion km away.
The king of the underworld, as the Greeks referred to Pluto, has been dethroned all because he couldn't pull his weight in the solar system.
But many fans of the tiniest planet will find it hard to let go of their favourite celestial body.
"Why have they taken away Pluto? We like it the most," asks my bro's son and he and his friends are also worried about their syllabus.
"What will they teach us now? Eight planets, or nine? We have always known the solar system as nine planets," said the young scientists
Affection for the tiniest
But it's not just the children who are getting emotional about Pluto's demotion.
"I remember when I used to speak about the solar system, I would explain the rest of the planets as huge celestial bodies, but with Pluto, it was always this tiny planet which I had a lot affection for.
"I think children feel attached to it because of the cartoon character also," said an Indian scientist in an interview.
But some children don't need to worry too much. Their teacher has decided to maintain the status quo.
"The status of planets is a bit ambiguous. Sometimes there are 12. Then there are nine and now eight. I'm going to go ahead teaching the syllabus like it is," said a teacher neighbouring us.
The international astronomical union's decision to remove Pluto from the planet lineup was done clinically and for well-researched scientific reasons.
But the opposition does not want to buy this argument. Their hearts have been broken.
I hope there is no another resolution coming up in very next or few years to confuse and raise questions about the theory of entire solar system ...
-Justin
