Astronomy & Space - August 2006

I remember reading this somewhere... I'm not sure.

2006-08-24 17:35:29 · 13 answers · asked by Jon 1

That Pluto is no longer considered a planet, and as of today we're officially back to 8 planets of the solar system and not 9? Seems there are a bazillion Plutos all floating around in the same zone too, but they don't qualify for "planet" status.

2006-08-24 17:33:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who are these people to decide if its a planet or not, your thoughts?

2006-08-24 17:30:42 · 21 answers · asked by smilenbhappie 2

2006-08-24 17:28:24 · 10 answers · asked by Black Madonna 1

Scientist have now declared that Pluto is not a planet. What's next? Any adult that isn't more then 4'10" is not human. We need to make a stand now or all will be lost. Just because you're not what is consider normal, does that mean that we should be banished. It's the raindeer games and Ruldoph all over again. Now is the time to stand for the different guy!

2006-08-24 17:19:32 · 11 answers · asked by rastus7742 4

What will the universe be ?

2006-08-24 17:18:45 · 9 answers · asked by Leong 1

for all those who care, i keep getting e-mails saying to look at mars on the night of aug. 27. so it says, mars is supposed to be as big as the moon on this night. i have it marked down on my calender just in case this really won't happen for another 10,000 years (or something like that). HOPE YOU ALL CHECK IT OUT!!!

2006-08-24 17:15:18 · 18 answers · asked by flip4urkandi 3

2006-08-24 17:12:35 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Before the 20th century there were no galaxies! Of course there were galaxies, but nobody had recognised that many misty nebulae were awesome wheels of billions of stars. Only in the early 20th century did Hubble establish that these objects were at massive distances beyond our galaxy.

So, are we to keep calling these galaxies, nebulae, just for nostalgic reasons? Nebulae are simply clouds of gas or dust in space, and the word nebula means cloud, which is what galaxies look like until you throw more magnification at them.

So, why isn't everybody up in arms about the status change for galaxies.

Animals and plants are reclassified all the time, as scientists realise that they have been grouping them wrongly.

So, since astronomers first discovered that planets weren't just wandering stars, they have had the right to say what is a planet and what isn't.

In the light of new information, Pluto cannot be classified as a planet.

2006-08-24 16:59:47 · 4 answers · asked by nick s 6

UFO's, extra-terrestrial humanoids, etc.

WHY?

WHY NOT?

2006-08-24 16:59:41 · 12 answers · asked by jai4401 2

2006-08-24 16:56:23 · 12 answers · asked by Milk Maid 2

Pluto is a drawf planet...

2006-08-24 16:49:55 · 5 answers · asked by 345Grasshopper 5

And is it better to be in the northern or southerm hemisphere to see this?

2006-08-24 16:48:56 · 7 answers · asked by stroppa2004 2

Why do all of the other planets' moons have names, but the Earth's moon is just called, "The Moon?"

2006-08-24 16:45:00 · 3 answers · asked by *~HoNeYBeE~* 5

I'm sick of scientists deciding everything. We're told Pluto is a planet for years and now it isn't. It's like being told coffee is good then bad then good and now bad again.

2006-08-24 16:41:49 · 22 answers · asked by philhanan 3

1) I'm getting tired of all the Pluto questions that are readily answered on any online news source.

2) Why do we insist on calling it "demotion?" Is a planet somehow better than a nonplanet? It is just getting the name consistent with the 100s of other bodies much like it in the solar system. If I were Pluto, I'd like to be named consistent with my peers.

2006-08-24 16:41:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

or any other feelings, go here and look at this article http://www.yahoo.com/s/135783/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_sc/planet_mutiny

2006-08-24 16:39:09 · 11 answers · asked by ashrafny2004 3

2006-08-24 16:37:18 · 24 answers · asked by Srinivasamurthy U 1

Is pluto a planet or a moon now after the demote

2006-08-24 16:34:41 · 9 answers · asked by montigere 2

2006-08-24 16:28:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

For my entire life, and probably yours as well, Pluto has been considered a planet. Now a bunch of men in wigs and white robes appointed themselves to define what is meant by the word "planet", and failed to consider history in the process.

Will you join me in the revolt to continue to call Pluto a planet regardless in spite of what these self appointed authorities of language have decided?

2006-08-24 16:13:26 · 22 answers · asked by lenny 7

Pluto was just demoted to a "dwarf planet" this week & shoved aside for some "new planets". Not a good week for the old Plu.

2006-08-24 16:00:47 · 9 answers · asked by george g 5

2006-08-24 15:55:42 · 14 answers · asked by Mrs. C. 1

And they all answer "URANUS"

2006-08-24 15:49:50 · 10 answers · asked by davidosterberg1 6

We're pretty quick to demote Pluto as a planet. Maybe Earth needs to be demoted also...at least until we stop destroying it.

2006-08-24 15:40:24 · 13 answers · asked by Joanne 3

All the stars, planets, atoms, energy--the fabric of the universe--all His body?

2006-08-24 15:34:43 · 15 answers · asked by gene_frequency 7

2006-08-24 15:25:55 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Oh no!

2006-08-24 15:23:18 · 4 answers · asked by ? 5

They took Pluto away from us....question is....in astrology everybody has a birth sun and a birth planet....the ppl that were born under Pluto are they now orphens???

2006-08-24 15:19:04 · 9 answers · asked by echoedwhispers 3

ok, I have been hoping that our solar system would become an interesting 12, with ceres, charon and XENA!
but now what is this?? they disregard those altogether and even poor old pluto is ditched from the gang, i mean wouldnt u like to have 12 planets in ur system? I mean its just cool to think about it.

2006-08-24 15:14:20 · 12 answers · asked by TS 1