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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

This far-flung orbit may be the result of an encounter with a giant planet, which ejected the candidate dwarf planet out of the solar system, say the researchers.

Poor guy. Hopefully he's out there finding his own family.

At least it doesn't have to deal with the toxicity Pluto does, being in the family one day and then coldly rejected from the family from the planet club the next. And we wonder why it's exterior is frozen...

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Dwarf or not, Pluto is STILL a planet.

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