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[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Pluto, the Milton of the galaxy. Now where’s that stapler?

[-] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fun fact: Neptune was discovered on 23 Sept 1846. It takes 164.8 Earth years for it to complete an orbit, which means that the first full Neptunian year since discovery happened 12 July 2011.

https://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html

Pluto won't do this for another 154 years.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Wow, Plutonians must have extremely long lives!

[-] kurwa@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Or extremely short

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I wish news outlets wouldn't use that false color photo for all of their stories about Pluto.

[-] zybir@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If you start from when it was discovered in 1930 It won't have made a full orbit until 2178.

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