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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 12 Jul 2015

    #PlutoFacts: Earth’s Moon is five times more massive than Pluto. Get over it.

    1:02 PM - 12 Jul 2015
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      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Don't make this about the Moon. It's about your issues with Pluto. It's time you sorted it all out.

        5 replies 27 retweets 117 likes
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      1. jesse vega‏ @CosmicTropic 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson did Pluto take your lunch money when you were a kid?

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      1. TheUndeadMattC‏ @TheRealMattC 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson It's also very close to the Mass Relay.

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      1. 866-OUR-VOTE (866 687 8683) vote.org‏ @Kaffe_Takk 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson So size DOES matter?!?

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      1. Rock Lobster‏ @MSalt69 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @edanzediting I like Pluto but have always felt it lacked gravitas.

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      2. Gʀᴀʏ Cᴏɴɴᴏʟʟʏ‏ @GrayConnolly 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @cindynorth1 Neil, why do you hate Pluto?

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      3. Vicky Houle‏ @VickyCello22 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @GrayConnolly

        @GrayConnolly @neiltyson @cindynorth1 he doesn't hate it, just telling people it's categorized as something other than a planet :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Gʀᴀʏ Cᴏɴɴᴏʟʟʏ‏ @GrayConnolly 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @VickyCello22

        @VickyCello22 @neiltyson @cindynorth1 I hope so, the mockery of Pluto over the past few decades has been sad to watch

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      1. Timsomor‏ @Timsomor 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson -- This means Pluto is not a planet, right Neil?

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      1. colin mccrea‏ @cmccrea 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson as a Plutokin, I’m feeling oppressed right now.

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      2. Pascal Blanché  🍁‏Verified account @pascalblanche 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @DylanJobe so.. is Pluto itself a runaway natural satellite of a defunct planet?

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      3. Dylan Jobe‏Verified account @DylanJobe 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @pascalblanche

        @pascalblanche @neiltyson If Pluto had more ambition it would have grown up to be a fine member of our system :-)

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Juan Gonzalez‏ @globalculture 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson "a planet is a planet, no matter how small" - astronomer Seuss

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. HANDMAID‏ @sapienist 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson Not a criterion. #StillAPlanet

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. hectorkatz‏ @hectorkatz 13 Jul 2015
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        @sapienist @neiltyson bigger than eris #stillaplanet

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      2. Greg Laden‏ @gregladen 12 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Oddly, my 5yo son learned Pluto is a planet in public preschool, but that there are 8 planets in at-home family daycare.

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      3. Rowan Elijah‏ @RowanElijah 15 Jul 2015
        Replying to @gregladen

        @gregladen @neiltyson Awesome! Is ur boy enrolled in time travel preschool?! Can I go back to 86, when I was 5 & Pluto WAS a planet, too?!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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