Comments | whydoesithurt: That's no moon.

whydoesithurt

That's no moon.

Sep 17, 2007 09:23

FALL SEMESTER 2007

So, I'm taking a basic Astronomy class this semester...

On day one, the professor gives out a questionaire (not a quiz) to the class. A simple request: "Name all the planets you can think of." Days later the results came in... and at least 80% of the class could not name more than 3 or 4. (Also, the Moon is not a planet. It's a ( Read more... )

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iamtrogdor September 17 2007, 14:33:57 UTC

I love you Rob, you brilliant silly bastard!!!

Note the questionaire said "Name all the planets you can think of." It doesn't say anything about them having to be real.... Coruscant, Dagobah, Draenor, Earth, Hoth, Jupiter, Korugar, Krypton, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Oa, Pluto, Sakaar, Saturn, Tatooine, Uranus, Venus, etc.

You forgot Omicron Perseii VIII !!!!

brooklynknight September 17 2007, 21:27:29 UTC

Did your professor forget that Pluto is no longer a planet?

whydoesithurt September 17 2007, 21:59:59 UTC

I thought it still was.

brooklynknight September 17 2007, 22:24:48 UTC

Nope, it's now a dwarf planetoid. The UAC or whatever they're called removed Pluto's status as a planet earlier this year.