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minus-squaremadthumbs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoKinda silly when ‘dwarf planet’ has planet still in the name.
minus-squarePrehensile_cloaca @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoJust change the name. Can’t be Pluto, but maybe Gimli will work.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDo we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNo, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoEven sillier to get pissed on behalf of a giant space rock that doesn’t care what you call it.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou’re right. We should call them planitos (or planitas if the dwarf planet is female)
Kinda silly when ‘dwarf planet’ has planet still in the name.
Just change the name. Can’t be Pluto, but maybe Gimli will work.
Do we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
No, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
Even sillier to get pissed on behalf of a giant space rock that doesn’t care what you call it.
You’re right. We should call them planitos (or planitas if the dwarf planet is female)