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2006-08-24 12:17:50 · 13 answers · asked by davidosterberg1 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I like sitboy23's idea: Pluto Day. August 24th, celebrated nationally the Monday before. Write your congressman!!
Wait-a-minute: We humiliated Pluto. Next we'll send it foreign aid. And isn't George originally FROM Pluto??? It's all beginning to make sense.
2006-08-24 15:23:46 · update #1
I don't know. I've always been taught it's only sort-of a planet, and that its designation was controversial. Big deal; it's not like this is news.
2006-08-24 12:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Maya M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the big meltdown about Pluto being demoted is about change. Folks do not like change, they like to think that what they were taught and think they know is set in stone. Science has no place for this blackand white thinking, e must be willing to accept that maybe what we thought in the past was wrong. When we find that an error was made in the past such as with Pluto the sceintific community must be willing to step forward and admit that error. The Pluto Error has been known for decades it just became offical today, many of the people I hear stating it just isn't so come from the angle "My teach told me so it is" line of thought and do not understand the real issues. I think the other just want the chance to discover a planet...and they can it will just be a Trans-Neptunianb object or a Dwarf Planet.
2006-08-24 13:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by Scott A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its just like, Pluto has always been a planet for most of us, and now, its not anymore. The science benifits migth be good, but I will still miss it.
Even though it is just rock, it seems to have a personal
connenction. Pluto represents that if you try hard enough, you can get your dream! Pluto was diffrent than all the other planets, but ti stuck in there. It was able to be accpeted and loved by all, and the reason was because it was different. Pluto was found because of the search of "Planet-X" and instead, it turned out to be the " Ex-Planet".
I think they should make a Pluto day, on this date, because even though today it was "de-classified" it was also when we rememberd why we loved it so much.
Pluto, you will always be a Planet in our hearts!
2006-08-24 12:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by quest 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pluto is still Pluto. Only its designation has changed. People can still love Pluto for what it is. A big ol hunk of rock about two billion miles from here. Who cares if it makes it into the "planet" category. It's pretty damn arbitrary anyway.
God bless you, Pluto. We still love you.
2006-08-24 12:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Halbert 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Apparently some people with too small a brain and too much time on their hand are making a fuss about all the time and effort they put learning about the nine planets of the solar system and have problem coming to terms with the fact things change.
2006-08-24 14:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like going from 50 states to 49. It's sad. I had a little going-away party for Pluto today.
2006-08-24 12:23:54 · answer #6 · answered by Eugena 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the US (especially in Flagstaff, AZ) the meltdow is because Pluto was the only planet discovered in here. It was discovered at Lowell Observatory by Clyde Tombaugh.
Those of us in Flagstaff are particularly attatched to it. It was our claim to fame :) amongst astronomers anyway
2006-08-24 12:29:19 · answer #7 · answered by April C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont worry, in 2100 or 2200 they'll be able to go out to pluto and see the evidence of their folly:-)
2006-08-24 12:34:11 · answer #8 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is still a planet, they didn't demote it, they redefined planet
2006-08-24 12:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by Derrick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Americans like to support the underdog.
2006-08-24 12:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋