I wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.
I wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.
It was only in 1969 (nice) that fungi officially became its own separate kingdom.
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Pluto is a planet, though. It’s officially considered a “dwarf” planet, and as “dwarf” is just an adjective, it’s still a planet (just like a short person is still a person). The other 8 new dwarf planets (Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Gonggong, Quaoar, Orcus, and Sedna) are also all planets - so we have 17 planets total.
Seriously, though. By the same 3 criteria that Pluto isn’t a planet, Mercury isn’t (as it isn’t in hydrostatic equilibrium).
I mean Pluto IS a planet i guess what people mean when they say pluto is not a planet is that it is no longer part of our solar system
No, that's just you. I'm genuinely curious why you'd think anyone would ever make the argument Pluto isn't part of our solar system.
No, they don't.
The solar system is larger than you think and extends quite a bit beyond pluto
https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/how-big-is-the-solar-system/