How many here mourn the loss of dear old Pluto. Scientific opinions and old fashioned sentimentality are both welcome! Please comment.
2006-08-24 06:22:52 · 22 answers · asked by Melok 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
To What ever:
21 people so far DO give a toss.
Chill out kid!
2006-08-25 03:19:12 · update #1
Well, we haven't lost Pluto -- its still there. It was just legislated out of one classification and into another. I'll still think of it as a planet and I still think its discovery was a real triumph not just of science but of perseverence.
You can take Pluto out of the planets, but you can't take the planet out of Pluto!
2006-08-24 06:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by DR 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its unfair to change the requirements this late in the game.
Although I know they have been considering disqualifying Pluto as a planet for decades, but still. For such a small lonely body, how sad to have to be demoted.
Does that mean that there is not a new classification of bodies that are not planets, yet not space debris?
2006-08-24 13:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The planet redefinition proposal failed at the IAU by a wide margin. Pluto is still a planet.
2006-08-24 13:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will miss Pluto, although it's crazy little orbit always ruined the lovely circles that represented the planets' orbits. I suppose it is for the best...
2006-08-24 13:33:59 · answer #4 · answered by damn_sam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is still a planet, it's just considered a dwarf planet now!!
2006-08-24 13:28:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is now a "Dwarf" planet...
Matching the Dwarf intelect of the dwarfs astronemers who demoted our little friend Pluto...
2006-08-24 13:29:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw on NBC and the local NBC station that Pluto will still be considered a planet. Two or three more "planets" will be added to the list as well.
2006-08-24 13:25:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pluto is still going to be a planet.
2006-08-24 13:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by C K Platypus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pluto = Planet ........ will always be in my mind - what'll happen to that song/poem thingy that helps kids remember the order of the planets? Will they have to rewrite it?
2006-08-24 13:26:16 · answer #9 · answered by nickthesurfer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine ______.
NIne what? We need Pluto too. (supposed to be pizzas)
2006-08-24 13:29:37 · answer #10 · answered by tearsnomore2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋