ok, I have been hoping that our solar system would become an interesting 12, with ceres, charon and XENA!
but now what is this?? they disregard those altogether and even poor old pluto is ditched from the gang, i mean wouldnt u like to have 12 planets in ur system? I mean its just cool to think about it.
2006-08-24 15:14:20 · 12 answers · asked by TS 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Eight, twelve or fifty. The amount of planets really doesn't concern me. The idea is to have a proper definition of what constitutes a planet. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all travel on the same plane known as the ecliptic. Pluto's orbit is about at a 20 degree tilt off the ecliptic. Pluto(which I define as a Kuiper Belt object) resembles the orbit of a comet and not that of a Planet. Charon is a tag along KBO with Pluto and 2003 UB213 (Nicknamed "Xena") is also a KBO. Now, Ceres I think could possibly be classified as a planet but I still think that, given it's proximity, it is just a very large spherical asteroid .
2006-08-24 15:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Tim C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mercury: rapid (It is going around the solar very at as quickly as) Venus: Hell (the main well liked planet. Planets have been given names from mythology, why no longer call it after a mythological place?) Earth: domicile Mars: warfare (Mars is a purple planet that has long been linked with warfare. additionally, it has a great scar, the Valles Marinaris.) Jupiter: the vast Planet Saturn: Ringworld Uranus: The Sideways Planet Neptune: Abyssus (A Latin observe, which skill abyss. Neptune is a methods out in area, the farthest planet from the solar. additionally, this could be a nod to Neptune's previous call, which develop into the call of the Roman god of the sea.)
2016-12-11 14:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by zabel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, as long as i don't have to remember any new planet names and order, I'm fine with it. Still kind of sad to see Pluto go though. I remember in grade school we did an astronomy project, and my favourite was Pluto because it was so distant and mysterious.
2006-08-24 15:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put's is back to the year 1900.
Hey, why don't they DOWNGRADE the rings of Jupiter and Urnaus and say they are ONLY rings if you can clearly see them from the Earth through a telescope!
Call them ringlettes that can only been seen on close approach!
2006-08-24 16:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it boils down to the definition what a planet or a "dwarf planet" is. Definitions can be fairly arbitrary at times.
2006-08-24 15:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by Simple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eight planets is perfect. Four terrestrial, four gas giants. Icy rocks that happen to be large aren't exactly interesting.
2006-08-24 15:21:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I need to call My Old Science teacher and make him Redo My Grade!
2006-08-24 15:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by D B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is stupid all they did was call pluto a dwarf planet...gee whats the difference??..i think we should be worrying more about the war, and about finding cure for diseases then spending millions on finding out and naming pluto a dwarf planet
2006-08-24 15:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wonder if Disney is going to have to rename the dog.
2006-08-24 15:17:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't really care either way I mean how much does this change our lives???
2006-08-24 15:21:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋