3 More Planets:Xena, Charon, Ceres?

Question

Whats happening with the universe??

Answer 1

That's jumping the gun a bit. It has yet to go to a vote, that will happen on 24 August. It will likely be approved considering that it was the Executive Committee which approved the resolution, although it will be discussed and refined during the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union before the vote, which could mean some changes. And yes, there will be 12 to start - if approved - but there will likely be more added later upon further investigation.

Here's a link to the "Q & A" page answering questions about the resolution.
http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_Q_A.html

Answer 2

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) may adopt Xena as the name for UB 313. Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology who discovered the planet nicknamed it Xena after the warrior princess of TV fame. The 12 planets in our solar system listed in order of their proximity to the sun would be Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Charon, and Xena (UB313). Pluto's largest moon, Charon; and the asteroid Ceres would be categorized as planets. Pluto would be categorized as both a planet and a pluton. Both Pluto and Charon each are large enough (massive enough) to be spherical. Both bodies independently satisfy the definition of “planet”. The reason they are called a “double planet” is that their common centre of gravity is a point that is located in free space outside the surface of Pluto.

The new definition of a planet: any round object larger than 800 kilometers (nearly 500 miles) in diameter that orbits the sun and has a mass roughly one-12,000th that of Earth. Moons and asteroids will make the grade if they meet those basic tests.

The growing category of "plutons" - Pluto-like objects that reside in the Kuiper Belt, a mysterious, disc-shaped zone beyond Neptune containing thousands of comets and planetary objects.
Plutons are distinguished from classical planets in that they reside in orbits around the Sun that take longer than 200 years to complete (i.e. they orbit beyond Neptune). Plutons typically have orbits that are highly tilted with respect to the classical planets (technically referred to as a large orbital inclination). Plutons also typically have orbits that are far from being perfectly circular (technically referred to as having a large orbital eccentricity). All of these distinguishing characteristics for plutons are scientifically interesting in that they suggest a different origin from the classical planets.

Answer 3

this does not change anything about the universe. we are just changing our terminology to fit observation.

ceres and three "plutons" (pluto, charon, and 2003 UB313) fit the new definition of planet. a planet is a body having a mass of at least 5 x 10e+20 kg, so it will be round, a circumstellar orbit, and having less mass than a brown dwarf.

http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html

Answer 4

Nothing's happening with the universe. We are just not as smart as we think we are, so we keep discovering new things everyday.

Answer 5

Is that what has been decided? We are now going to have 12 planets?

Answer 6

its getting analy sodomized