Do you think pluto is a real planet?

Question

Some think its an asteriod

Answer 1

To begin with, pluto unlike the other planets does not orbit the same war around the Sun like the other planets. Pluto's orbit is oval. There will be a time where by pluto will be closer to the Sun then Neptune for every 22 years. So thats 1 point to think about. Also some scientist debate that Pluto is juz a passing by asteroid that got attracted to the solar system gravitational field. Pluto is also much smaller in size to be a gaseous planet comparing to Uranus or Neptune which is all gaseous planet.

Answer 2

There are some who think Pluto would be better classified as a large asteroid or comet rather than as a planet. Some consider it to be one of the larger Kuiper Belt objects (also known as Trans-Neptunian Objects). There is considerable merit to the latter position, but historically Pluto has been classified as a planet and it is very likely to remain so. Further complicating the situation, one such object (2003UB313) was recently discovered that is almost certainly larger than Pluto. Should it, too, be classified as a planet?

Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric. At times it is closer to the Sun than Neptune (as it was from January 1979 thru February 11 1999). Pluto rotates in the opposite direction from most of the other planets.

The surface temperature on Pluto varies between about -235 and -210 C (38 to 63 K). The "warmer" regions roughly correspond to the regions that appear darker in optical wavelengths.

Pluto's composition is unknown, but its density (about 2 gm/cm3) indicates that it is probably a mixture of 70% rock and 30% water ice much like Triton. The bright areas of the surface seem to be covered with ices of nitrogen with smaller amounts of (solid) methane, ethane and carbon monoxide. The composition of the darker areas of Pluto's surface is unknown but may be due to primordial organic material or photochemical reactions driven by cosmic rays.

Answer 3

I recently read an article about this that pointed out that if you went by certain guidelines the only true planet in the solar system would be Jupiter. The author, the guy who disovered"Xena" went on to suggest that Astronomers have two classes, that of major planet and that of minor planet. That way we could all call them planet. I mean think about it what charcteristics do all continents share? Continent like planet is a more or less arbitrary planet. So long answer yes, I do it has been that way since long before I was born and Ihope it stays that way til long after I pass.

Answer 4

astronomers are trying to define the word planet, but it isn't easy. many favor the reclassification of the bodies in the solar system into three groups: the rocky terrestrials, the gas giants, and the ice dwarfs. there are hundreds of known ice dwarfs including pluto, quaoar, sedna, 2003 EL61, and 2003 UB313 (the official name of xena). this is also known as the kuiper belt, and pluto was the first kuiper belt object discovered. 2003 UB313 is about five percent bigger than pluto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt

Answer 5

Depends on how you define the planet :)

Size? then there are things out there that are larger than Pluto, but not given a title of a planet yet.

Atmoshpere? But Moon does not have any ...

Answer 6

it's a planet. ppl r being stupid because it's small and far away. pluto has moons, the moon's are moving around pluto, that means pluto has gravity, which means that pluto is a planet

Answer 7

Pluto might be planet and might be one of Neptune's moons that left its gravitational pull. Meaning it left its orbit.While that is what scientist say. Also that its moon might be an asteroid that with in its orbit and became its moon.

Answer 8

maybe scientists still arn't sure because they never went on pluto but it may have been an astroid traveling far from the astroid belt

Answer 9

Its a planet

Answer 10

I like to call him a dog, though I have heard some refer to him as a cartoon.