people at work told me that they are not calling pluto a planet anymore. Is it true no not? They said it is because it was to small to be called a planet, So what is it just a star now. It's be around for how long and now they what to change it? Some one has to much pull around here!
2006-08-18 03:18:36 · 12 answers · asked by bobsdidi 5 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
thanks colleen for being a jerk about it. It was something I was wondering about. and yes I read the paper and watch news but I don't study all of it as you might. Sorry but next time don't answer
2006-08-18 03:32:21 · update #1
Pluto is still a planet, however a new classification has been added, called 'Plutons'The latest of these is Xena, a world larger than Pluto and further away. discovered in 2003, there are 2 others as well, one of these being the giant asteroid Ceres, They qualify as planets or 'plutons' because of their size, none of this is "official" yet, it has to be voted on by several thousand planetary astronomers, but there have always been doubts about Pluto/Charon being a planet or maybe an ejected moon of Neptune!..This is because of its weird orbit, very high to the plane of the ecliptic and sometimes inside Neptune!..So lets call Pluto/Charon a pluton, and make everybody happy!
2006-08-18 03:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by paranthropus2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This whole thing is still being debated, there is nothing official yet.
The planet Pluto is an object that is part of what astronomers call the Kaiper Belt. It is a part of the solar system containing large icy objects (similar to the asteroid belt).
The reason Pluto's planet status is up for debate right now is that 3 objects in this region of space were found to be quite a bit larger than Pluto, and Pluto is rather small compared to any other planet. This is causing many astronomers to debate the definition of planet, which could leave us with as many as 12 total planets.
2006-08-18 10:29:14 · answer #2 · answered by John J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- An international group of astronomers may be planning to add three planets to the solar system.
No, it's not science fiction. It's a draft resolution set to be presented to the International Astronomers meeting on Wednesday in Prague.
On the agenda is a universal definition of a planet.
If the resolution is passed next week, Pluto's largest moon and two other heavenly bodies would join the nine existing planets.
One, the asteroid Ceres, had been considered a planet in the 1800s, but was demoted. Some astronomers have suggested Pluto should be demoted as well.
But the current proposal would end that debate, by defining a planet as any round object that orbits the sun and meets a certain size.
The astronomers will hold two brainstorming sessions before voting on a resolution.
2006-08-18 10:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by strawberry 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no i think its stay a planet and sorry but a planet cant be a star no way because of the high tamperer of the stars that's doesn't contain in the planet and i read a bout a new planet and it comes after Pluto and i forget what was its name
the planet doesn't called a planet just for how much big it is but for different things like its cold go around the sun for its ingredient and moons and more
2006-08-18 10:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by khadijeh a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Pluto is just a large chunk of ice that was cast into that orbit when another planet pasted too close and pushed the still-forming planetiod out of it's original orbit. The modern scientists of today want to down grade it because it doesn't fit in their "plan" of how the universe was formed. There are plenty of referrals to this planet and how it got there written about in the ancient writings.
2006-08-18 10:34:37 · answer #5 · answered by mikey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sad but true. Pluto has been kcicked out and replaced with a new planet called myanus.
2006-08-18 11:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by Funnyaccountant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're thinking about redefining the solar system, adding planets, etc. Pluto has been in debate for a while, but I don't think any decision has been made. And it can't be a star because it isn't a ball of gas.
2006-08-18 10:25:05 · answer #7 · answered by Christina 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I think Pluto is still considered a planet.
2006-08-18 10:23:44 · answer #8 · answered by Mujareh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not true, in fact that the people who organise this sort of thing have allowed another 3 bits of rock to be called planets.
2006-08-18 10:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pluto's not a planet anymore,itz out!!
2006-08-18 10:27:34 · answer #10 · answered by i 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋