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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: Neptune was discovered on 23 Sept 1846. It takes 164.8 Earth years for it to complete an orbit, which means that the first full Neptunian year since discovery happened 12 July 2011.

https://www.space.com/12249-neptune-completes-orbit-discovery-1846.html

Pluto won't do this for another 154 years.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow, Plutonians must have extremely long lives!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Or extremely short

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Pluto, the Milton of the galaxy. Now where’s that stapler?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I wish news outlets wouldn't use that false color photo for all of their stories about Pluto.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

If you start from when it was discovered in 1930 It won't have made a full orbit until 2178.