Things are changing here on Earth, too.  Get ready to tell the younguns there's the Southern Ocean around Antarctica- in addition to the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Indian Oceans.

And don't forget the sulphur-proof umbrellas.

Good graphic of the Solar System. 

 

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A couple of us were discussing the new dwarf planets the other day. We voted that one should be named in honor of Steve Irwin. The Planet Steve or Planet Irwin didn't sound right, so we voted unanimously to name it the planet Crikey.

 

Doesn't that sound better than Ceres?

It's just not thematic.....

You'd have to rename Jupiter and call it Oz, and then a planet Croc and Binti Sue... And Bob. My personal favorite. I want to live on Bob.

I think we should start a petition to rename this planet Bob. It just seems so much friendlier. And you know, maybe we could get people to cut down on pollution.

Because you don't want to do anything to hurt Bob, do you?

Never would I wish to hurt Bob.

 And everyone with a name that goes back to a Robert would be EXTRA nice to it.

And we should do this soon. If they're all into this astronomical thing, it would behoove us to act expeditiously before the IAU goes all mundane on us.

Plus, you know, "Earth" isn't exactly thematic. I'm sure we could make discover some ancient roman pottery shards about the deity Bob. god of all things green, wasn't he?

 

Oh, for the love of Bob...

"I've looked all over BOB to find this thing..."

Sure. I bet there's something obviously mistranslated in some ancient Sumerian notation somewhere....

how'd you get them to line up like that?

I know the owner.

oh ho ho! great answer!