Pluto: Secrets of the Ice World

I think Simon created this channel just so he could make Uranus jokes 😂

Even Simon can’t pass on an Uranus joke, beautiful 😂😂

@ 7:40 "weird ass space shit " had me dying Simon

I have been following astronomy since I was a very young child. Had a computer and would browse wikipedia and watch documentaries as I got older. I was a physics major for one semester until realizing I just wasn't cut out for math and data as the rest of my life. This video was greatly made, I feel a bit of frustration at those who either argue against the dwarf planet desgination (a term that is VERY useful) or Pluto as a whole. There is a real tendency we hold to dismiss the "lesser" as not worth attention and they seem to perpetuate it. Dwarf planets are insanely fascinating, they have rekindled my recent lowered interest in astronomy. That and the Ice Giants. Thanks for this channel.

Dudes, sooooo much has changed in astronomy since I was in school. The universe is amazing.

I remember in the 80s and 90s in the astronomy section of some large World Atlases, the only photos of Pluto showed it as a mere white dot among many other white dots and an arrow pointing to it. Also back then, no one knew if any extra-solar planets existed at all. The advances in astronomy since then have been amazing!

Pluto, my favorite planet

RIP Pluto. You will always be a planet in my heart.

"Weird ass space shot" Simon is the best!

Pluto has been my favorite since i convinced my very young cousins that i was born on Pluto and moved to Earth in the 80s

"Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up, right?"

Now we need Casual Criminalist: Who wronged Pluto

we knew about pluto and neptune trading places when i was a kid, ny projects reflected as much

Surprised and delighted to hear the soundtrack for Stellaris in the background

Crazy to think this has already been almost a decade ago

Pluto is amazing.

Simon: Dwarf planet Me: Planet

At the moment , my favourite planet is embarking upon its longest eliptical course, away from us. Probably another reason they won't send another mission quite so soon.

I actually initially failed a science project in school because I put Pluto (correctly) inside of Neptune's orbit as it was at the time and my science teacher had no idea that its orbit shifted so much. It was kinda odd to teach something to your teacher for the first time in your life... lol. Needless to say, she corrected my grade to an A once she found out I was actually correct! 🤓

Neptune hasn't cleared Pluto of its orbit, so Neptune isn't a planet.