And since there are many more ,, if you could name one of them, what would you name it?
2006-08-17 08:24:00 · 8 answers · asked by ? 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
HyperHeal-ia 1, 2, and 3.
I guess I can live with it, but this could get ridiculous. There are something like a dozen more KBO's that would qualify as Plutons under this new definition of planets. PErhaps we should be more selective?
And please, what does Ceres have in common with Pluto, Charon and Xena? Yet, it is a Pluton.
I say classify planets (if that word continues to hold any meaning) as Terrestrials, Jovians and KBOs/Plutons. Terrestrials are composed of rock and metals, Jovians are gas giants and Plutons can be glorified snowballs.
2006-08-17 09:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by hyperhealer3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they weren't discovered just now
and they're not planets just yet
Ceres was discovered and was classified as a planet in the 1800s but was demoted to an asteroid because they found so many more like it
it's between Mars and Jupiter
Charon was discovered in 1976 as Pluto's moon, until they come up with and official definition of "planet"
then Pluot and Charon will become a double planet
2003 UB213 (Nicknamed "Xena) well as it's provisional name tells us was discovered in 2003 and a moon (nicknamed "Gabriella) will become a planet if they say so
and it will be given an official name
its beyond Pluto and 70 miles bigger
2006-08-17 18:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by ShiningCrimson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were discovered years ago. It's the matter of clasification. In my opinion Pluto and Charon are just big elements of Kuiper's belt. If we develop better telescopes more "Pluto planets" would be discovered in the future. Remember that Pluto is the only "planet" discovered by American astronomer. Maybe that's why for so many years it was recognized as a planet ? US have great (also financial) influence on International Astronomical Union...
2006-08-17 15:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by j.juszkiewicz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not new, all that is happening is that we've changed the deffinition of planet so that things were used to call asteroids (like Ceres) or moons (like Charon) or Kuiper Belt object (like HB113 or Xena) are now classified as moons.
If I could name a planet, I'd name it something out of mythology, like all the others.
2006-08-21 08:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by kemchan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So just to clarify, they weren't JUST DISCOVERED or anything. They were discovered awhile ago, but the current dispute about reclassifying what is a planet and what isn't might result in these three somewhat large objects to be added to the solar system.
As far as naming them... the Three Stooges comes to mind..
2006-08-17 15:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by ymingy@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of them is already nicknamed Xena. The moon of this planet is named Gabriella.
2006-08-17 15:42:40 · answer #6 · answered by frisbee72001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. But I will bet ANYBODY that big corporations are dying to buy the naming rights. Don't be surprised if it is like Planet ErectileDysfunction.com or ConsolidateYourDebt.com.
YOU ALL KNOW THEY WOULD IF THEY COULD!!!
2006-08-17 16:46:12 · answer #7 · answered by clone1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We will probably end up being taxed for it like everything else, Huey,louis and dooey
2006-08-17 15:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by cartervelcro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋