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14 September 2006

Goodbye, Pluto. Hello Fluffy!

post by: mudpuppie at: 14:15 | 8 comments

An ex-SO of mine is a staff astronomer at the sub-millimeter array at the top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which is where two of the HAT telescopes are located. I'm not sure if she does any work on the HAT stuff or not. Here's some photos on her dad's website, scroll down the page for a few at the SMA.

posted by kmellis 14 September | 14:30

So Pluto's not a planet but a dust cloud is? Huh.

posted by Specklet 14 September | 14:37

WOOOOO! It's FLUFFY! Maybe everything is FLUFFY there. Like, you FEEL all FLUFFY and you FLOAT around all FLUFFY.

It's the Marshmallow Planet.

The Strange and Forbidden Marshmallow Planet.

Everything is okay when it's all just fluff.

posted by shane 14 September | 14:42

Invaders From The Fluffy Planet have landed!

dosen't quite work, does it?

posted by jonmc 14 September | 14:43

OMG planet!!!!!

posted by occhiblu 14 September | 14:51

I've always wanted to say this:

Cutest. Planet. Ever.

posted by mudpuppie 14 September | 14:57

I like how the scientist dude needs to clarify it would have to be a cosmic water glass.

posted by occhiblu 14 September | 15:02

≡ Click to see image ≡
He who controls the fluff, controls the universe!

posted by Atom Eyes 14 September | 16:16

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