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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Feb 18

    Feb 18, 2018: Eighty-eight years ago today, Clyde Tombaugh of the @LowellObs discovered Pluto -- a legit planet until @PlutoKiller cemented its dwarf-planet fate, then confessed it in his twitter handle. (I was merely an accessory.)

    2:45 PM - 18 Feb 2018
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    301 replies 1,132 retweets 7,703 likes
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      2. Dell  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿‏ @agbnufc Feb 18
        Replying to @neiltyson @LowellObs @plutokiller

        It's still a planet to me dammit

        7 replies 4 retweets 92 likes
      3. Michael Alexander‏ @TahoeMichael Feb 18
        Replying to @agbnufc @neiltyson and

        Me too

        1 reply 0 retweets 17 likes
      4. Dell  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿‏ @agbnufc Feb 18
        Replying to @TahoeMichael @neiltyson and

        Fight the system! 🙋‍♀️

        2 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      5. 1 more reply
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      2. StarTalk‏Verified account @StarTalkRadio Feb 18
        Replying to @neiltyson @LowellObs @plutokiller

        Pluto had it coming.pic.twitter.com/Al4mzleSEp

        2 replies 13 retweets 121 likes
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      2. FreelanceOpportunist 🇭🇲‏ @FreeOpportunist Feb 18
        Replying to @neiltyson @LowellObs @plutokiller

        Poor plutopic.twitter.com/3qLg0271Qj

        1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
      3. Smokey Mirror‏ @SenseAtheism Feb 18
        Replying to @FreeOpportunist @neiltyson and

        I have ink on my shoulder depicting our Solar System, Pluto is in it. I don't care how its labeled, Pluto is family, damn't. :)

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. FreelanceOpportunist 🇭🇲‏ @FreeOpportunist Feb 18
        Replying to @SenseAtheism @neiltyson and

        pic.twitter.com/vqpzvQQ9pL

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      5. End of conversation
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      2. Amine‏ @soumacouette Feb 18
        Replying to @neiltyson @LowellObs @plutokiller

        Bring back Pluto mfpic.twitter.com/GB5sgnntwQ

        2 replies 10 retweets 93 likes
      3. Wes‏ @Weszupp Feb 18
        Replying to @soumacouette @neiltyson and

        No he's WAY more intelligent than Carl Sagan

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. BIK  🇳🇪 🦅‏ @boulama_k Feb 18
        Replying to @Weszupp @soumacouette and

        very discutable

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Wes‏ @Weszupp Feb 18
        Replying to @boulama_k @soumacouette and

        Not really

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. BIK  🇳🇪 🦅‏ @boulama_k Feb 18
        Replying to @Weszupp @soumacouette and

        if you consider “The student will surpass his master”, yup, he’s 😃

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      7. josh tomlinson‏ @J12thereal Feb 20
        Replying to @boulama_k @soumacouette and

        He has access to more information so in essence he is smarter

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Aquinas Sequential‏ @Biogeneticflame Feb 21
        Replying to @neiltyson @LowellObs @plutokiller

        If Pluto is not a planet it's name should be demoted to a number like 12456. Cool names should be reserved for planets not interfering with the orbital paths of other planets.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Mike Brown‏ @plutokiller Feb 22
        Replying to @Biogeneticflame @neiltyson @LowellObs

        it's actually officially 134340. but it gets to keep the name, too.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Aquinas Sequential‏ @Biogeneticflame Feb 22
        Replying to @plutokiller @neiltyson @LowellObs

        Do you actually know the number, or are just making stuff up? I thought you needed top secret access to the scientists name making kit. Wish I could name something.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Mike Brown‏ @plutokiller Feb 22
        Replying to @Biogeneticflame @neiltyson @LowellObs

        it's for realpic.twitter.com/3JIYmPAhUs

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      6. p53‏ @Tuprop53 Feb 22
        Replying to @plutokiller @neiltyson @LowellObs

        You couldn't even get poor PLUTO a special number like 139999? Sheeeeesh! @plutosgems

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Mike Brown‏ @plutokiller Feb 22
        Replying to @Tuprop53 @neiltyson and

        Brian Marsden tried to get Pluto to be 100000. Pluto promoters refused to even allow the possibility to be considered. So Pluto got put in the queue like any other insignificant asteroid, instead. Sad but true.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      8. p53‏ @Tuprop53 Feb 23
        Replying to @plutokiller @neiltyson and

        I appreciate what Dr. Marsden tried to do. The NAIF/SPICE codes for Pluto and satellites are still: 9 'PLUTO_BARYCENTER' 999 'PLUTO' 901 'CHARON' 902 'NIX' 903 'HYDRA' 904 'KERBEROS' 905 'STYX' https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/C/req/naif_ids.html …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Mike Brown‏ @plutokiller Feb 23
        Replying to @Tuprop53 @neiltyson and

        true. we can demote Pluto, but changing legacy code is a definitely a step too far.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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