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Trans Neptunian Objects

from Poetical Science by JT Steam

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For almost a century Pluto was
A planet, one of the nine
It had a sort of unusual orbit
But still they all got on just fine

But one day because of its size, they said
That's no planet, is it?
Then they decided to send New Horizons
To pay the dwarf a visit

Pluto was understandably miffed
To have been taken down a peg
And as the spacecraft did its flypast
This is what Pluto said,

I never wanted to be in your gang,
Even though you think you are so cool,
But we're the Trans Neptunian Objects and
There's more of us than of you

There's Eris and Sedna, Lempo, Varuna,
Gonggong and Niku and Drac,
Ixion, Orcus and Rhadamanthus
And thousands of others like that

I don't need to be part of your club
Me and my moons are okay
Charon, Styx, Hydra, Kerberos, Nix
We're happy out here with our mates

You can call me whatever you like
It's hardly sticks and stones
But we're the Trans Neptunian Objects and
The Kuiper Belt is our home

There's Eris and Sedna, Lempo, Varuna,
Gonggong and Niku and Drac,
Ixion, Orcus and Rhadamanthus
And thousands of others like that

There's Arrokoth, Biden and Farout and Albion,
Quaoar, and Ceto and Zhulong
Chaos, Haumea, and several with names that are
Hard to pronounce 'cos they're too long

We don't want to join your party
We don't care about your rules
We're the Trans Neptunian Objects and
There's more of us than of you

There's Eris and Sedna, Lempo, Varuna,
Gonggong and Niku and Drac,
Ixion, Orcus and Rhadamanthus
And thousands of others like that

There's Arrokoth, Biden and Farout and Albion,
Quaoar, and Ceto and Zhulong
Chaos, Haumea, and several with names that are
Hard to pronounce 'cos they're too long

We're the Trans Neptunian Objects and
There's more of us than of you

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from Poetical Science, released January 8, 2023

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