Pluto: The Frozen World

Over four billion kilometers away from us lies a distant, frigid world. On its barren surface, nitrogen falls as snow. Vast plains of frozen methane lie in the shadow of ice water mountains. From the surface of this hostile place, the sun appears nothing more than a star, a single pinprick of light among millions. The name mankind gave this silent world? Pluto.
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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
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Source/Further reading:
(Overview): www.britannica.com/place/Plut...
Key dates in Pluto history: www.britannica.com/list/10-im...
Percival Lowell: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Lowell’s searches for Pluto: www.astronomy.com/year-of-plut...
Clyde Tombaugh: time.com/3956963/pluto-planet/
Pluto discovery: www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
Alan Stern and New Horizons: www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/...
Demotion to dwarf planet: www.britannica.com/story/why-...
www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...
History of photos of Pluto: qz.com/927404/the-dramatic-wa...
Charon: solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pl...
Early days of the New Horizons mission: discovermagazine.com/1993/may/...
Neptune as the 13th planet: books.google.cz/books?id=ELd-...

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[@GOLEG11]

Geographics Pluto is not a planet !!!!!! (Jerry Smith, 2019)😏

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Some one should tell KZbin. Copyright infringement!

[@conroyboothe9616]

Never knew I needed this much Simon until now

[@bradleyhouse3180]

The Blaze is where it's at. Found myself waiting on Sam to add a meme every time I heard Uranus mentioned.

[@Daeraug81]

Dear NASA. Your mother thought I was big enough. Sincerely, Pluto.

[@theshed3641]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahha actually laughing my head off

[@MF-LXRD]

Lolz.

[@ArathirCz]

Dear Pluto, F*ck you. I was a planet 130 years before you were discovered and they demoted me to a freakin' asteroid, but you don't see me being a whiny little b*tch about it. Sincerely, Ceres (The Dwarf Planet formerly known as Asteroid #1)

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@@ArathirCz micro pp

[@plngym]

Darn right! 👍

[@adiemuller9486]

"but Lowell didn't say anything like that, for the very good reason that... he had died."

[@BTFOOMNY]

love the writing

[@DMS-pq8]

Well that is a good reason

[@James_Wisniewski]

Lowle is kil. No.

[@ashkitt7719]

Joshua Graham Probably the Loominarty

[@AhmetwithaT]

*THUD*

[@marxnutz]

Pluto will always be the ninth planet in my heart

[@Wppk765]

MarxNutz My very educated mother concurs!

[@thewaffler5893]

I mean, it's probably small enough to be

[@DxmSanchez]

yep... I grew up with it as a planet. My mind can't be changed either.

[@hermitcard4494]

Facts don't care about feelings. Pluto is not a planet according to people WHO KNOWS WAY EVEN MORE THAN YOU, ASTRONOMISTS. XD

[@arutka2000]

It's a matter of perspective really.

[@flederfox]

PLUTO WE LOVE YOU AS YOU ARE, PLANET OR NOT

[@noahfecks7598]

I'd like to think the first meeting between Tombaugh and the folks at Lowell Observatory went something like this: Lowell Team: Hey, great work! So, what sort of telescope did you use? Clyde Tombaugh: Mm? Oh, just used a bunch of old gears and such from broken down cars. Lowell Team: *looks at million dollar telescope* Son of a...

[@BTFOOMNY]

Hysterical. LMAO!!!

[@tgdm]

I was so excited when it finally arrived at Pluto. I remember actually doing some minor campaigning for the mission in the early 2000s when I was 14 or so, and even made it onto the list of 10,000 names encoded or etched into the spacecraft.

[@tgdm]

Holy balls, Sempai noticed me!

[@virginiatyree6705]

11 3 19 Hey@@tgdm, How cool that your name is on New Horizons-VERY! Lucky you, fun story. Thanks for sharing. Be well. v

[@virginiatyree6705]

P.S.I made some fun Christmas ornaments from a photo of the Sun as seen on Pluto. It's a breathtaking photo. v

[@IKnowYouDidnt]

I'm glad you shared this memorable recollection... You are special. Never forget that.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Way cool. I just had a star named for my grandson who’s into all things space lol. I did the same for his father when he was little. When you look into the night sky there’s one small patch that is special to me. In that one area of the sky you will find all the stars named after members of my family. It makes looking up into the heavens on a cool evening a little more special.

[@mikahjohn2809]

I am 31 years old. I consider myself a mature and responsible adult; a level-headed contributor to society. I still laughed out loud every time Simon ended a sentence with "of Uranus" "by Uranus" etc...this is my story [Dun Dun]

[@zephyrus339]

Especially the unforgettable; "The discovery of Uranus."

[@mooncat7009]

„It was the dawn of the 19 Century, and the astronomical world was still reeling from William Hershel‘s discovery of Uranus twenty years earlier.“should be a speech function on the Mars Rover😂😂

[@dx1450]

What does the Starship Enterprise have in common with toilet paper? They both circle Uranus and wipe out Klingons.

[@skywalkerchick]

I’m glad you talked about Eris. I remember I was in 7th grade when it was discovered; I finished my science class project earlier than most of the rest of the class, so I picked up one of the kids science magazines my teacher had lying around and came across an article talking about it. I was so excited at the thought of there being a 10th planet! Fun fact! When Eris and its moon Dysnomia were first discovered, they were nicknamed Xena and Gabrielle

[@TRYCLOPS1]

Yup. I remember planet Xena. Curiously I completely missed the part where they renamed it to Eris so I was confused for a while for not hearing anything about planet Xena in a long time lol.

[@Vokapolis]

This channel is totally a Biographics ripoff. They even used the same host.

[@geographicstravel]

Terrible!

[@chronosschiron]

my lord it even uses the same sound lol

[@chronosschiron]

@OneHairyGuy they stole the host too , wtf shite is this call the feds

[@unsubme2157]

@OneHairyGuy you absolute baffoon.

[@chefdean7257]

😂

[@SmolPotatowo]

I don't think it really matters whether Pluto is classified as a planet or not, it is one awesome astronomical object.

[@jasonsaige2603]

I think you mean 'planet'

[@kaigreen5641]

It really does matter though, classifications matter. Not being a planet doesnt stop a body being interesting however.

[@jasonsaige2603]

Comets, asteroids, exoplanets, stars, moons, ect. ect. ... My point is/was: A group of scientists voting to change the definition of what a "planet" is not something a scientist is supposed to do. A true scientist looks at things and classifies it based on the category it fits in, they don't change the category to fit their findings How it went - "Oh, hey, Pluto is really small. Let's say it's not a planet anymore" How it should have went - "Oh, hey, Pluto is really small. That means planets don't have a size requirement" Categorizing Pluto as anything but a planet is basically scientist creating a Dogma and that is wrong for any scientist to do.

[@lutzderlurch7877]

So, are. Esta, makemake, ceres etc. all planets, too?

[@pikmaniac2643]

Jason Saige the problem with that logic is that it’s not how it went. Pluto was denied planethood for multiple reasons, including its inability to clear its own orbit, its likely origin as a KBO, and its size, which is not only less than the moon, but also closely rivaled by its own satellite, Charon. Pluto’s controversy was what prompted the creation of more strict requirements for planethood, though as the video explains, it wasn’t the first false alarm, as Ceres is a pretty decently sized planetesimal, which, well... the video explains enough about the asteroid belt’s discovery.

[@andrewblack7852]

“If it was a planet once, it can be a planet again...” Jerry Smith

[@FewVidsJustComments]

exactly. Like CPG Grey said once "when a state becomes a state, it can never become not a state", and I think that that rule should aplly to Pluto.

[@introvertednoise]

“Pluto’s fckng planet, bitch” - King Flippy Nips

[@ShannonCarter55]

A Star Trek novel wrote that even in the 2380s, Pluto still bounces back and forth depending on the experts (at least until the Borg ate Pluto and its moons).

[@shadenox8164]

@@FewVidsJustComments Uh no. Because a state is you know... a government. This is an argument of definitions, ones that include Pluto as a planet are just way too broad.

[@TRYCLOPS1]

It’s never stopped being a planet. Like they don’t control the laws of physics. Plus most Astronomers didn’t even vote on it. Less than 5% of Astronomers even voted. It was 237 vs 157. So not even 3% of all Astronomers voted in favor lol. Voting on something doesn’t make it real. Pluto is a planet. Eris is also a planet. They just didn’t want to deal with the idea that Ceres is also a planet and found the easier way out. It was not very smart. It’s also not very smart to teach that stuff in schools or validate that vote.

[@nyhman78]

Pluto will always be my favorite planet next to earth no matter what anyone says,I'm 42 years old and was taught pluto was our ninth planet

[@iammaxhailme]

I can't believe neil degrasse tyson personally flew to pluto and threw it in the dumpster

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

He’s an arrogant prick is what he is lol. He acts like anything he thinks up must be true since he’s super smart oh and man does he spend a lot of time telling you how smart he is.

[@jimjambananaslam3596]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 Not his fault you don't know how science works.

[@timgiugni8707]

Neil Degrasse Tyson is science’s Chuck Norris. We need more like that...

[@joeclaridy]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 all of the "greats" has an air of arrogance in them. It comes with the territory.

[@jamesstaley5611]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 I agree Degrasse is an ass

[@MyKoira]

"They speculated that Pluto might be its own class of planet" Shame how right they were in opposite way. It turned out to be a Dwarf Planet

[@BTFOOMNY]

That is RUDE! It is a "little person" planet, or an "oompah loompah".

[@RedXlV]

It makes zero sense that "dwarf planet" *isn't* considered a class of planet. I mean, dwarf stars aren't considered something separate from stars, after all.

[@SoulDevoured]

@@RedXlV if pluto is a dwarf planet it is being orbited by another dwarf planet that is bigger than itself. And our moon is bigger than pluto, making it another dwarf planet of sorts. And it's theorized our moon was created when another planet collided with earth, tearing a chunk away to make the moon. That planet may have been semi orbiting earth the way some astroids do. Space is vast and it's filled with a bunch of big ass rocks and ice balls. And methane balls and whatever other elements got thrown together after the big bang. That is to say we're just creatures trying to describe the universe the way we see it and there's no doubt we don't know enough and probably also try too hard to categorize everything. It's all rocks and shit man. They do interesting things cuz space and gravity and heat or lack thereof. But still just rocks. Europa is a good example of a moon that behaves more like a planet in some ways. We really did choose to define planets the way we have for simplicity's sake. But it's still oddly complicated. Big rock, slightly less big rock, smaller rocks, small rocks. Though if it were size ganymede would easily be a planet. That's why it's mass and orbit. The more we explode the universe the more I expect these classifications challenged. But they'll always be rocks and ice balls.

[@slippery3799]

"He said nothing like that, because he died 10 years earlier." Oh okay.

[@RedXlV]

I always thought it was quite silly that they crafted the definition of a planet for the sole purpose of keeping the number of them in single digits, just to create an artificial scarcity so that it would remain "special" whenever one is discovered.

[@shadenox8164]

You find it silly they realised that it was too broad to be useful and as such made it more specific?

[@RedXlV]

@@shadenox8164 When none of their considerations had anything to do with whether the new definition is scientifically useful, yes.

[@adamkadir3803]

'Pluto was no longer a planet' OHANA MEANS FAMILY. FAMILY MEANS NOBODY IS LEFT BEHIND.

[@BTFOOMNY]

it's behind. check yuranus

[@TheDwightMamba]

You have never met my family.

[@camtoonz6619]

THANK YOU THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING

[@MrAqr2598]

Adam Kadir Yep, Pluto just moved itself to a more comfortable rank in our Solar System.

[@tehbonehead]

Stitch: *points to Pluto Stitch: This is my family. I found it all by myself. It's little, and eccentric, but still good. Yeah. Still good.

[@ravennevermore853]

"My other vehicle is on its way to Pluto" sticker on the computer tickled me. :)

[@glorioustigereye]

NASA: Pluto is not a planet. Little farm boy: Years of academy training wasted.

[@twistedsifter3801]

I had no idea Pluto’s nitrogen snow fell all the way to earth!! You learn something new every day. Thanks, Simon!

[@dolorusedd2586]

I laughed so hard when I heard him say that! I can't believe this comment has so few likes in 3 years and almost nobody else commented on it either.

[@MadTheDJ]

Astronomy PhD. Dr. Brian May was a collaborator with NASA when the New Horizons data and images started coming in back in 2015. He was even present the press conference, introduced to the media by Stern himself. What's that? You've never heard of Dr. May? Actually, you probably have. He's the guitarist for the rock band Queen (no, really, same guy). He even wrote a song commemorating the event, titled "New Horizons."

[@freeman10000]

Both an astrophysicist and a pioneering guitarist with an iconic rock band Dr May is an absolute legend.

[@ReyOfLight]

Indeed! Dr Brian May is a very fascinating man in oh so many ways! Musical genius and astrophysicist which really isn’t the easiest field to study, I honestly don’t know how he even manages to find enough hours of the day for it all! He is still doing world tours with Queen+Adam after all (I’ve seen them twice, Poland in 2015 and here in Sweden in 2016, and yes, I’m a huge Queen fan!) along with being an avid wildlife advocate. So brilliant mind, amazing creativity and a kind heart would be my best way of describing Dr Brian May!

[@ItsAsparageese]

We need to get this guy and Greg Graffin together with two or so more icons whose careers bridge science genius and contemporary music, for the ultimate nerdy supergroup. Imagine THAT fundraiser for climate science lol

[@stantheman9072]

@@ItsAsparageese Unfortunately there’s too little actual science in “climate science” and anytime the narrative includes the phrase “settled science” it’s a clear indication that it’s politics and grift that are actually in play and not the pursuit of knowledge and truth.

[@silverXnoise]

@@stantheman9072 You ought to buy a house in southern Oregon. I hear they’re a great deal, if you don’t mind smoke thick enough to produce its own lightning. But with your head that far into the sand, you shouldn’t have to worry much about fire.

[@neoamaru]

Can’t believe that some day I may actually tell my grandkids “When I was your age, Pluto was a Planet”

[@ghostbuddy3106]

Being classified as such does not make it so... Pluto was never a planet, it was merely missclassified.

[@aGuyNamedEr1c]

@@ghostbuddy3106 It wasn't misclassified prior. They moved the goalposts in 2006 by creating the "dwarf planet" category.

[@ghostbuddy3106]

@@aGuyNamedEr1c that changes nothing, pointless argument. Try again.

[@generalpopcorn6427]

@Roger Dottin Ah, ontological semiotics. You should rethink that.

[@paulpreusser8193]

Im just excited to tell my kids the time weed was once illegal, that ya boi lived through the prohibition

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I and my grade 7 science class were actually interviewed about Pluto being reclassified by local new news station. My single greatest contribution to science.

[@hmscldtrs]

When Pluto was demoted, my five-year-old daughter cried so hard that we decided to keep it in our planet rotation in our home school. I will always say Pluto is a planet and sing the Blues Clues planet song. My kids love that song and even now, in their late teens and early 20s , still sing it. WE LOVE U PLUTO!!!!

[@Samm815]

I remember watching the New Horizons Probe being launched and realized I would be 18 by the time it got to Pluto.

[@joshuahunt3032]

SPL-316 I don’t remember even hearing about the New Horizons Probe until it actually reached close to Pluto. I’m 21. I was apparently 16 when I heard.

[@Amsayy]

Man I was 22 when it finally hit Pluto 😂

[@merrittanimation7721]

I remember hearing about it in second grade, then flashing back to that moment when it finally passed Pluto back in 2015.

[@o484]

I was 12 when New Horizons was launched and 21 by the time it got to Pluto.

[@guyman2674]

I was 3 when New Horizons launched and 12 when it got to Pluto.

[@InspectMyAss9000]

This channel is addicting.

[@craigchristian344]

*addictive

[@RosieWilliamOlivia]

@@craigchristian344 irregardless, we knew what he meant ;) haha!

[@Magneticlaw]

The acquisition of knowledge does that.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

@@RosieWilliamOlivia Damn, two abuses of the language in one short thread, my English teacher just rolled over in his grave!

[@stephenkramer7157]

Everyone forgets the silver lining of Pluto's demotion: Ceres was promoted from asteroid to dwarf planet.

[@combatarcher3101]

also it got its own club

[@christobalcolon6601]

The introduction of this video . . . Simon is describing Chicago.

[@areiaaphrodite]

I like how Old Percival made up a whole backstory for the Martians by saying that the Martians were so thirsty that they were digging canals in order to harvest polar water 😂

[@mitchellneu]

In response to the Cthulhu Macula plain on Pluto.... "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming..."

[@KaiCalimatinus]

I thought it was cute Lovecraft wrote Pluto into the "C'thulu Mythos" and then we wrote thr Mythos into the history of Pluto

[@Wppk765]

Thank you for the Lovecraft quote! I was looking for this

[@billrentz]

"William Herschel discover Uranus." Made my 12 year old self chuckle.

[@SyderAkaris]

I lol'd while walking down the street... I'm a mature adult.. i swear

[@lswilliams5283]

Same 😁...for my inner 12 year old

[@MetalMouse67]

I blurted out “He did?”. Yes, I’m 52 🤷‍♀️😁

[@BTFOOMNY]

Would have been fun to be there when he first blurted out the name, only to be met with an angry stare from a large assistant, who replied, "I'M A WHAT?!?"

[@Vanished_Mostly]

I'll always remember that news article from not long ago titled "A massive object devastated Uranus a long time ago and it never fully recovered"

[@Viper-dn8ix]

"If you haven't heard of Pallas or Vesta, you're not alone" Expanse Fans: Allow us to introduce ourselves...

[@ignitionfrn2223]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="75">1:15</a> - Chapter 1 - The search for a new world <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="300">5:00</a> - Chapter 2 - The farmer's tale <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="500">8:20</a> - Chapter 3 - Eldritch yuggoth <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="705">11:45</a> - Chapter 4 - The unknown planet <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="920">15:20</a> - Chapter 5 - Riding the pluto express <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1115">18:35</a> - Chapter 6 - The man who killed pluto <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1315">21:55</a> - Chapter 7 - Beyond the infinite

[@Beloved2015]

Thank you for covering Pluto! This channel is my new favorite thing on KZbin and since I love all things space related, I was super excited to see a space video uploaded on it. Great job on this one team!

[@geographicstravel]

Thank you. Glad you are enjoying it :)

[@christinegatto7426]

Love your comment, Simon, about wanting to go to Burning Man, getting all the costumes, only to find you don't have the bus fare to Nevada! Had a good laugh.

[@groovejet77]

That was brilliant thank you Simon! Pluto was good enough for Carl Sagan it's good enough for me! He even mentioned it's moon on Cosmos! Great to learn about the history this is superb!

[@dx1450]

Yeah, I think if it's got a moon, then that just about qualifies it as a planet.

[@Adam-qs5ir]

Pluto will always be a planet to me. It's part of the information I was forced to shove in my brain as a child.

[@alrightsky]

More universe stuff, please! Having that said, Pluto will always be a planet to me.

[@Johnny_Shields]

"Falling back to the Earth" ... on Pluto. Thanks Simon.

[@andrewblack5303]

Johnny Shields I was wondering if I was only one who noticed that.

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

what would be a plaentary specific word for organic and inorganic substrate on the surface? similar to picking up a handfull of "Earth" we havent named the celestial bodies in ways that would make that utterance not akword because weve never known we might stand upon it like moon, "hey jim kick me that chunk of moonstone and dig your feet into that soft moon" because fracturing of moonstone is interesting

[@Johnny_Shields]

@@VincentGonzalezVeg "Falling back to the surface"

[@cakediva7326]

@@Johnny_Shields or "the ground"? I've always wondered, if aliens from Mars are Martian, would that make ones on Venus... Venician??

[@BTFOOMNY]

@Francis L'Heure It's Venetian. That's how we get the joke: "How do you make a Venetian blind? Poke him in the eyes."

[@danielkron2513]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1345">22:25</a> subtitles (NOTE TO EDITORS: It might be cool to get a quick montage here of all photos, with some suitably epic music, before we go back to Simon. The photos are all public domain so we can use as many as we like!)

[@marlelarmarlelar9547]

It's Lowell with a long "o" like snow, not "ow" like cow.

[@AaronHamm]

Came to the comments to say this.

[@anthonyrounsaville2850]

I came on here for the same. It's the curse of Massachusetts city names saying "to hell with phonetics"

[@psal8715]

Pretty sure that's a british name, you think he would have gotten that one right.

[@itsturt]

I thought he was saying Lao at first until I checked the subtitles, thought it was my ears giving me trouble haha

[@steveg4082]

Lowell rhymes with bowl over here.

[@rickyhunt4075]

Revolve In Peace Pluto

[@deans2239]

finally i understand the whole dwarf planet issue. thanks Geographics!

[@USER-G291]

Dean Sinclair pretty self explanatory

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Bacon Sandwiches not really

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Seems to me they were simply trying to please everyone.

[@RavenMacy]

I'm still salty!

[@johnmiller7322]

I don't care what anybody says, Pluto will always be a planet to me.

[@jasonoverman9679]

It's amazing to think about how far we've come in regards to space. I remember back when Pluto's status as a planet wasn't in question and we wasn't sure if blackholes actually existed. When they did finally change Pluto's status (the first time) I was in the 6th grade and my teacher actually made fun of me when I brought it up in class, the man was 5.5', had a squeaky voice and was called Mr. Wiener so I let him have a few seconds of elation at finally being able to make fun of someone else before I pulled out the science magazine that had the article in it (yes I was a nerd). It all makes you wonder what else we'll know in another 20-30 years

[@Cipher71]

Dude sounds like a total weiner lmao

[@tasiatyler3137]

This was fascinating! You just know your audience and I’m happy to be a part of it! Thank you Simon, thank you GEO Graphics! Well done!

[@geographicstravel]

thank you

[@DivoGo]

63 Earths can fit inside Uranus. 64 if you relax! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ashkitt7719]

Divo2Go 2017 I’ve probably seen a porn of that

[@nosuchthing8]

Yeah, 4 cubed. Means the serious is around 1 fourth of earth

[@bryanc1975]

You think there can't be another funny Uranus joke, but then this.......

[@smorrow]

The Earthy challenge

[@JordanAlix87]

Me to my friend's niece: "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet." VIVA LA PLUTO!

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

I think it’s awesome that Tombaugh got to finally visit the planet he discovered. Herschel, by comparison, made it clear that he had no desire to get anywhere near Uranus. Funny, that.

[@EatMyYeeties]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="790">13:10</a> That nitrogen snow is gonna be falling for quite some time!

[@hiddenwoodsben]

"the discovery of uranus." *ahem* LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@NickG40]

Fun fact: Pluto's Moon Charon is actually a mass relay that is covered in several kilometers of ice.

[@kingosoul]

Awesome note in the subtitles at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1350">22:30</a>, "NOTE TO EDITORS: It might be cool to get a quick montage here of all the photos, with some suitably epic music... The photos are all public domain so we can use as many as we like!"

[@claudiobizama5603]

You just made me remember that model of the solar system I made in school in 2005. It felt so weird to know that it wasn't considered a normal planet anymore. In my model, Pluto was a round pebble I found.

[@JesamyPorter]

I’ve been waiting since 2006 for this knowledge. Thank you! But I’m still bitter that Pluto isn’t a planet anymore.

[@GLASSB182]

I remember since 3rd grade on a field trip to a planetarium, the man there told us about the New Horizon craft planning to fly to Pluto in that year, and that it would take 9 years to get there. By then, I would be 18, I thought. I never did forget about it, despite never hearing anything on it anymore, almost thinking the mission never went through. But I was actually closer to 20 when it finally did reach Pluto, and oh my gosh, I was so so excited to actually see the pictures! Not anything I would've ever imagined! And everything about it blew my mind! Such an amazing feat the human race accomplished.

[@freeman10000]

Nostalgia wins... Pluto is a planet as it was back in the day.

[@brandyrose9997]

I love your topic choices so far for this channel. Terrific music and editing in this one, and I loved how Mr. Tombaugh finally made it out there. Thanks Simon. 👏💟

[@BeardyBaldyBob]

I find it amazing that in my lifetime we've gone from the best pictures of pluto being just a few blurry pixels to the amazing ultra quality picture we got from the fly-by. And it turns out Pluto is beautiful rather than another boring grey, cratered rock!

[@jheck2722]

Pluto is a lovely little planet. Pluto always was my favorite planet, and will continue to be my favorite planet. ;)

[@25Erix]

"When the Eight speak, they speak as if they were Nine". One of my favorite quotes from The Elder Scrolls. Pluto has basically become the planet equivalent of Talos, one of the Nine Divines (or Eight and One).

[@shawbrickproductions7904]

Pluto is a planet in my book

[@generaldissaray4109]

pluto may be the smallest planet but i very much doubt that you have a book big enough to hold it.

[@rickyhunt4075]

Youre not fooling anyone Jerry

[@titan9259]

Does your book mention Ceres?

[@franks471]

Pluto isn't a planet they say? Oh, it's a "Dwarf Planet". It's a what? A type of PLANET? Yes, A Dwarf Planet. Pluto is a planet. Period.

[@nicoleyork790]

Pluto was and is my favorite planet!! Its still a planet!

[@DayZeroGaming]

*Life finds a way* -plutos ocean

[@alexanderveritas]

_"Non è _*_morto_*_ ciò che in eterno può attendere."_ _"E col passar di strani eoni anche la _*_morte_*_ può morire."_ _"That is _*_not dead_*_ which can eternal lie."_ _"And with strange eons even _*_death_*_ may die."_

[@virginiatyree6705]

11 3 19 Hey Bandaras Vaduva, Lovely quote. Thank you for my lesson of the day. Be well. v

[@TheSpicyMole]

I love how the editors notes are in the closed captions 😂

[@gerfmon1]

Pluto self-identifies as a planet. Who are we to say it isn't? :-)

[@insanehippiehippieinsane3828]

Astronomers, Gravity, Astrophysics take your pick. You must have This Mass to be a full planet.

[@michaelmcgee2026]

@@insanehippiehippieinsane3828 you won the most gullible KZbin commenter award

[@boxingfrog]

epic transphobia vro

[@bubbykins4864]

@@insanehippiehippieinsane3828 *rips out your lungs while you're looking at words on the ceiling*

[@amayasnep]

Pluto is technically still a planet. It just a “dwarf” one. ; )

[@GreenPlasma]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="785">13:05</a> Pluto's atmosphere falls back to Earth in the winter. What a strange atmosphere indeed.

[@josephstevens5489]

Underrated comment

[@Maazzzo]

Quick shout out to thank you folks for uploading the captions rather than force me to watch the auto captions. As a Deaf person, I greatly appreciate it. Please continue to do this for all your channels and videos. 🖖

[@EloquentTroll]

It's still a planet in my heart!

[@alexhurst3986]

I LOVE this episode. Please do more just like this.

[@SaraMakesArt]

I remember seeing the news report that Pluto was no longer a planet. It still feels surreal to think of th there being eight planets instead of nine.

[@colleenforrest7936]

There are still 8 large objects in harmonic resonance with Earth in our orbit that Earth still hasn't cleared.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Colleen Forrest so we aren’t a planet either? Lol

[@colleenforrest7936]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 technically, no, not according to the astronomical definition. The planetary geologists say we are a planet, but include all the round moons as planets too.

[@glenchapman3899]

@@colleenforrest7936 Exactly. It was very sloppy science that lead to that decision. More galling, if Pluto was in another solar system it would be considered a planet. Honestly Pluto is being downgraded not for what it is, but where it is.

[@colleenforrest7936]

@@glenchapman3899 Well... No it wouldn't. According to the IAU definition, a planet has to travel around "the sun". Not "a" sun, "the" sun. If it dosen't orbit our sun, it isn't a planet either. This will lead to trouble down the road.

[@Proud2bashamed]

I always suspected Simon's channels just uploaded their scripts as the subtitles as they don't always line up with what he says. Today that was confirmed when I noticed they (accidentally?) left a NOTE TO EDITORS at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1346">22:26</a>. As someone who often watches these videos as quietly as possible while the wife is sleeping, I am very grateful for the subtitles and this is in no way a criticism or complaint. Keep up the great work!

[@bradleyhouse3180]

Anyone else find themselves waiting breathlessly for Sam to work his meme magic, every time Simon mentioned Uranus?

[@grailgnosticism2342]

I have an idea: North Korea could relocate its Hotel of Doom to Pluto; that would be cool

[@TonySpike]

So would relocating the whole of north korea though to be fair

[@bipolardad850]

Being from Arizona, the first few times he pronounced Lowell I cringed, but then I quickly decided to just put it aside as a Simonism and enjoy the rest of the outstanding content.

[@markmurphy9512]

I kept thinking Percival is an odd name for a Chinese guy....

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

what do you think of Biodome 2 in Arizona?

[@rebfj86]

How generous spirited of you. I’m sure it was going to keep Simon up at night worrying about incurring your wrath 🙄

[@End3rWi99in]

Being from Boston, where Lowell is from, I cringed the entire video. Love this channel though nonetheless.

[@End3rWi99in]

@LUCKYDUCKY 62 Boston

[@kikkiuchiha23]

baby pluto will always be a planet in my heart

[@dankzappa7705]

I've had a fascination for the stars & what lies beyond the grasp of our naked perception since I was a child. This was actually a very strangely sentimental watch; I thank you for renewing my curiosity, & truly hope mini-docs like this inspire more kids to study what may be even farther away. Thank you Simon & co.

[@jeromeclemente3672]

Lol. I thought Lau is chinese. I only realized the mispronunciation when he mentioned the PL in Pluto part. Good video of course.

[@jevinday]

This new channel is exciting! You should do a video on the Notre Dame Cathederal considering that the history of it drastically changed this year.

[@SailorSaturn69]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="792">13:12</a>. Pluto's atmosphere condenses and falls to Earth? Wow!

[@carolneiler1882]

Hell yeah, Pluto! You'll always be a planet in my eyes! 🤩

[@gregeronigaming923]

" and a Catholic priests was looking through a telescope" Erm yeah, I feel like this could be a whole episode by itself

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

The Catholic Church has been at the forefront of science for centuries. It’s a proud tradition of the Church, in fact you could look up where the first observatory is, I think it’s at the Vatican or maybe the 2nd. Cheers mate

[@xaenon]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 Except where science conflicted with doctrine. Galileo could tell you all about it.

[@ashkitt7719]

A Catholic priest told me to take out my telescope so he could inspect it. I forget the rest but my underwear was on backward when it was over.

[@richardshiggins704]

Looking at the pretty housekeeper in the other parish actually .

[@LiamE69]

Was this Lau guy working at the same time as Lowell and doing similar stuff? I'd never heard of him before.

[@rickc2102]

There's nothing like Simon in the morning with my coffee. So much better for my mood than the news.

[@ZeroNitroMan]

Pluto still remains as an planet in our hearts.

[@Danflave]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1345">22:25</a> (NOTE TO EDITORS: It might be cool to get a quick montage here of all the photos, with some suitably epic music, before we go back to Simon. The photos are all public domains so we can use as many as we like!)

[@RwingDsquad]

YOUR LEFT EYE BLINKS. YOUR RIGHT EYE STAYS OPEN. IT CREEPS ME OUT.

[@rickyhunt4075]

Perhaps he is trying to tell us something

[@edwardlivingston9651]

I'm sorry everytime he says "discovered Uranus" I still effing smile...

[@MelindaColden]

Pluto will always remain a planet in my heart

[@ssbothwell]

Wow, here I am again, one of the first to see the new video! I absolutely LOOOVE this! Thank you for feeding us cool videos almost around the clock, it is greatly appreciated!!!

[@valiroime]

Wow, here I am, two months late to the party. 😢

[@generaldissaray4109]

did you really just say that snow on pluto falls to earth?

[@razielwhitebear838]

Nitrogen snow at that too.

[@rabbidrick7533]

Falls To the earth as in from Pluto's sky to Pluto's surface made of earth dirt rocks things like that. Not to the planet earth.

[@ashkitt7719]

More that Pluto is so cold that Nitrogen freezes when falling from the sky.

[@loganbrown8653]

was wondering if anyone caught that.

[@kaigreen5641]

Thats the problem with English using the same words for multiple things. Earth - 3rd rock from the sun Earth - dirt

[@mik4414]

The odd emphasis every time he said "Uranus" did not make not smirking any easier

[@MadderMel]

It has planet geology and geography ! It's stunning !

[@TheRandomperv]

Minor point of inheritance: The 3 requirements for a planet to be a planet, point three has only been observed on 2 planets in the solar system.

[@richardchantlerrico]

It's rather stupid when you actually think about it, someone needs to be fired for demoting Pluto.

[@luciferthequeen5965]

Rico Well there are several planetoids in our solar system closer and larger than Pluto so you’d have to count all of those as well

[@TheRandomperv]

@@luciferthequeen5965 But do they have enough gravity to clear away sufficient space around them? Pluto as far as we can observe has cleared space around it space it's Moon.

[@buxeessingh2571]

The original phrase for "own its orbital path" was "sweeps its lane" as if the planet is part of a curling match.

[@1dedrer]

Buxees Singh, I guess clearing it’s orbit by capturing five moons is not enough for those commies who wanted to downgrade Pluto’s status and insult Americans. Oh yeah it even has an atmosphere to boot!

[@steveconrad1525]

@@1dedrer And multiple moons as well (Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos & Hydra)

[@kaeiosphere]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="588">9:48</a> "The discovery of Uranus". Gets me everytime.

[@TheGrinningViking]

This video brought to you by a desire to say the words "the discovery of Uranus" as many times as possible, and an editor patient and skilled enough to remove all the giggling.