Ready Jet Go
Science Question
Clip: Season 1 | 1m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids question Carrot about Pluto.
The kids question Carrot about why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
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Ready Jet Go
Science Question
Clip: Season 1 | 1m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids question Carrot about why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
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Mmm!
[slurps] [munching] - Uh, Dad?
- Mmm!
That's good!
Uh, you--you want to try?
- Mr.
Propulsion, why are you standing on your head?
- Uh, just baking some pineapple upside-down cake.
The recipe looked easy, but I'm not sure how long I can stay like this.
- Well, we have a science question.
We were wondering why Pluto used to be a planet but now it isn't anymore.
- [grunting] Ah, dear little Pluto.
Yeah, by vote in the scientific world, it's now considered a dwarf planet.
- A dwarf planet?
So it's still a planet?
- Nope, not at all.
A dwarf planet is not a planet, just an object in space.
- But why did the scientists decide that it's not a planet?
- Well, for one thing, it's small.
It's smaller than the other planets.
- But, Mr. Jet's Dad, I'm smaller than the other kids, and I'm still one of the group, right?
- Yeah, we wouldn't vote you out of being one of the kids.
- And maybe Pluto's small now, but when it grows up, it could get bigger.
- Huh, well, uh, technically-- I mean, that is, uh-- [bell dings] Oh, ha-ha!
There's the oven timer!
[chuckles] Thank goodness.
Now, who wants cake?
- Mr.
Propulsion, we're gonna go to the DSA and get some answers from Dr. Rafferty.
- You mean your mom?
- Yes, but Dr. Rafferty sounded more professional.
Could you please save us a piece of cake?
- [chuckles] Will do.
- Yeah, maybe we can get those scientists to take Pluto back into the planet club again.
- You can do it!
I know you can!
- We'll let you know what we find out, Mindy.
- Thanks.
Come on, Sunspot, let's build a Pluto planet for show-and-tell.
- [squeaks] [gulps] - [laughing]
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