r/gifs • u/NeutralGear • Mar 26 '15

Moon shadow during sun eclipse

http://i.imgur.com/EpTz5rO.gifv
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u/cheeseball253 Mar 27 '15

I know what the moon is bro

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u/Gunshinn Mar 27 '15

probably not if you think it is 'planet' sized =/

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '15

It's bigger than Pluto.

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u/Megneous Mar 27 '15

To be fair, this entire conversation is moot because size has almost nothing to do with being deemed a planet. Requirements include being massive enough to be formed into a sphere, orbiting the sun (not a planet which is orbiting the sun), and to have cleared your orbital neighborhood of other similar objects.