I can see why they no longer call it a planet, what's the cutoff for asteroid size?
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It is still a dwarf planet. Basically when it hits hydrostatic equilibrium, i.e. when it's round, it is considered a dwarf planet. More here
In future news; Donald X Musk III, worlds first quintillionare, decided to alter Pluto's orbit to collide with Mars "Becauth it would be thoo cool!".
That's awesome. And to think, it's only slightly less inhospitable in Australia!
Meanwhile, Australia is down there like "WTF mate?"
Nah, no one likes lives in that part of Australia. Pluto sitting there just means drivers from Perth to Sydney have to take a little detour.
TIL australia has hydrostatic equilibrium.
I'm digging the way the map shows Tasmania as part of the continental plate.
Is it on purpose or is it because of ocean depth?
The light blue part is shallow and when it's underwater, they call it "continental shelf".
Tasmania and mainland Australia are connected by the same, shared continental shelf.
No way!
Is Neil deGrasse Tyson hiding somewhere in Australia?!
I saw him in my mates house the other day kissing a mirror? He said he is the only person he can kiss in the mirror or something.
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So... Does this mean Australia is no longer a continent?
It never was. The concept of Australis is part of spherical world order.
Do you really think a Platypus is a real animal? A mammal that let's eggs and has bioluminescent fur. Get the fuck outta here.
Seems like it amounts to a gas giant down under.
Sand Mass?
Or does it mean Australia is a planet?
Mostly just a cunt
Australia would have to round up its edges and clear it's orbit of little islands before being called a planet.
I'm sure the rest of the world would agree!
If that photo was taken right before impact, none of the continents will remain continents because it's all about to melt and we might have another moon when everything settles down and we evolve back from scratch over the next several billion years.
Just in time to get baked by the sun!
The only survivors would be Australia's infamous Magma Spiders.
Dwarf continent
First they came for Pluto's planethood.
Next they're coming for Australia's continenthood.
When they came for Pluto, I said nothing because I wasn't a planet
When they came for Australia, I said nothing because I wasn't a continent
When they came for Bielefeld, I said nothing because I wasn't a city
When they came for me, there was no one left to say anything
– Martin Niemöller
I have this Tshirt
I get groans
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