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Makemake Becomes the Newest Dwarf Planet 191

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 14, 2008 @12:52AM from the this-one's-a-kuiper dept.

Kligat writes "The Kuiper belt object formerly known as (136472) 2005 FY9 has been rechristened Makemake and classified as a dwarf planet and plutoid by the International Astronomical Union, according to the United States Geological Survey. The reclassification occurs just a month after the latter category was created. The object was referred to by the team of discoverers by the codename Easterbunny, and the name Makemake comes from the creation deity of Easter Island, in accordance with IAU rules on naming Kuiper belt objects."

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I miss... (Score:5, Funny)

by sleeping123 ( 1109587 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @12:59AM (#24177793)

I miss Pluto.

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Whatwhat? (Score:5, Funny)

by exley ( 221867 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:01AM (#24177799) Homepage

$ make dwarf_planet
make: *** No rule to make target `dwarf_planet'. Stop.
Alright, well, that doesn't help at all. Maybe this [wikipedia.org]?

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But... (Score:4, Funny)

by doom ( 14564 ) writes: <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu> on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:04AM (#24177831) Homepage Journal

Shouldn't it be named Module::Build?

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Re:plutoid... I like it (Score:5, Funny)

by Ydna ( 32354 ) * writes: <andrew@sweger. n e t> on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:10AM (#24177857) Homepage

Pluto does not have rings.

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Me too... (Score:5, Funny)

by Jane Q. Public ( 1010737 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:17AM (#24177891)

... but not as much as I miss Goofy.

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Re:MakeInstall (Score:3, Funny)

by thatskinnyguy ( 1129515 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:26AM (#24177923)

root@Universe# sudo make kuiper_belt_object
- Object "juiper_belt_object" not found! [damn it!]
root@Universe# sudo make Kuiper_Belt_Object_136472_2005_FY9
**Output omitted**
**FATAL ERROR! Universe OS GCC cannot make executables! [Double damn it!]
root@Universe#_

Shit! In the interest of time, I would just reload the whole universe from scratch rather than hunt down that demon!

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Re:Why can't they just leave shit alone? (Score:3, Funny)

by thatskinnyguy ( 1129515 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @01:30AM (#24177957)

42

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Re:But... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @02:54AM (#24178275)

How about makemakeinstall?

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Re:I miss... (Score:5, Funny)

by Escogido ( 884359 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @02:55AM (#24178285)

I miss Pluto.
Don't worry, if you keep training, your aim will eventually improve.

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Re:Obligatory stupid *nix post (Score:3, Funny)

by TheSHAD0W ( 258774 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @03:09AM (#24178331) Homepage

Good thing, too. Otherwise it could've started a recursion that would've filled the universe with dwarf planets and they would've come crashing down on us.

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Re:Whatwhat? (Score:5, Funny)

by infonography ( 566403 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @03:19AM (#24178361) Homepage

it failed, there for it was the one that comes with SUN.

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Re:Obligatory stupid *nix post (Score:3, Funny)

by CptNerd ( 455084 ) writes: <adiseker@lexonia.net> on Monday July 14, 2008 @04:22AM (#24178569) Homepage

That's Goofy.

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Re:Whatwhat? (Score:5, Funny)

by lysse ( 516445 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @04:32AM (#24178607)

I don't know, it seems an eminently sensible way to name gods. We could have Killkill for the bringer of death, or Badbad for the source of evil, or Hichic for the god of wine... this has possibilities.

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Re:Me too... (Score:5, Funny)

by Joebert ( 946227 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @05:44AM (#24178869) Homepage

As long as it's not jarjar I don't care.

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Re:Leader of the discovery team wrote a blog entry (Score:5, Funny)

by Rogerborg ( 306625 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @06:34AM (#24179055) Homepage

It's pronounced "make - make", the English way, i.e. the way that the Baby Jesus would have said it. You got the part about it being "christened", right?

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Re:Me too... (Score:4, Funny)

by ArieKremen ( 733795 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @07:51AM (#24179401)

Nothing unusual, only goofy

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About Venus... (Score:5, Funny)

by mangu ( 126918 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @07:52AM (#24179407)

So, are you suggesting that Venus, or Aphrodite, be renamed Fuckfuck?

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Re:Whatwhat? (Score:5, Funny)

by camperdave ( 969942 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @08:30AM (#24179689) Journal

By issuing the command make make, obviously. Nobody said make couldn't exist before you make make. Do you not think that those who make make did not previously make another make? So, to make make all you have to do is make make with another make.

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Re:About Venus... (Score:1, Funny)

by UNKN ( 1225066 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @09:02AM (#24179939)

No no, FukiFuki

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Rupert (Score:3, Funny)

by Alioth ( 221270 ) writes: <no@spam> on Monday July 14, 2008 @09:12AM (#24180023) Journal

We need one of these objects to be named 'Rupert' in honour of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Re:About Venus... (Score:4, Funny)

by gravis777 ( 123605 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @10:33AM (#24181049)

Funny, I thought it was pronounced Viagra.
So, if we rename Mars Warwar, and Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars, we could have some really interesting war stories.

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You insenitive clods! (Score:4, Funny)

by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @10:53AM (#24181355) Homepage Journal

Don't call them "Dwarf planets" They prefer the term "Gravitationally Challenged"!!!!

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I can see it now... (Score:3, Funny)

by clone53421 ( 1310749 ) writes: on Monday July 14, 2008 @11:36AM (#24181993) Journal

The International Asteroid Registry
"Forget stars... name a cold, hard rock after your ex."

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Re:About Venus... (Score:2, Funny)

by Hurricane78 ( 562437 ) writes: <deleted @ s l a s h dot.org> on Monday July 14, 2008 @11:53AM (#24182215)

Nudgenudge...
SaynomoreSaynomore...

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