Who are these people to decide if its a planet or not, your thoughts?
2006-08-24 17:30:42 · 21 answers · asked by smilenbhappie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
What is all the fuss about? Pluto is still out there orbiting the sun just like it has been. The only difference is that now it is not classified as a planet. The reason it isn't is that it is very different from the other planets and more similar to the Kuiper belt objects (some of which are larger than Pluto).
The scientists that made this decision are on the official board for making these decisions. They are also the ones that decide on names of planets, asteroids, comets, etc. The decision to change Pluto's status was make for scientific reasons, not PR reasons. It has been a matter of debate for quite some time and hopefully some decision will stick so that research can continue on.
2006-08-25 01:27:43 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion they are people with too much time on their hands. I just heard on the news today that they have decided that Pluto is no longer a planet, it is now considered a dwarf planet. Somehow that is a different category. And the sad thing about it is that they probably got paid a lot of money to make this decision. Maybe people with some intelligence (that they should have) can find a way to keep homeless people off the streets instead of deciding if Pluto is a planet or not.
2006-08-24 17:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by julie bee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the decision is made...and it's not! I think they recently discovered that in the zone where Pluto lies, also lie hundreds of similar "planets" but it's been argued for years that Pluto really wasn't a planet...that there had to be a clear definition of what a planet was...so apparently now there is and Pluto ain't one of them...niether are it's fellow brothers and sisters floating around with it....so sad to say we need to have a good bye party.
Wow...doesn't that mess up astrology now? What if you were born in the house of Pluto now you're living on an empty lot!
NOTE TO CLAIRE: Looks like mom can no longer serve you pizzas.... your educated mother serves NOTHING now...LOL
2006-08-24 17:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is that they just have nothing better to do. Just because they are considered scientists they believe that they are right on most cases. Well, I am on my way on being a scientist. I hope, but I don't see myself wanting to change something so pointless.
Maybe I will change name of the sun to something else that it really resembles what it really is. Any Ideas anyone? And make the world change everything in history and the schools waste more money on books, and the government get in deeper debt cause we have nothing better to do. And they try to make it a point to blame the president on the deficit when in reality stupid things such as this also causes many cities, states, countries and so on to get into deeper financial debt.
It's ok cause we can pay taxes on new books that should never had been rewritten in the fist place.
2006-08-24 17:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by just_me_thinking_&_smiling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't get rid of Pluto! Then the memorizing will be all wrong:
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas!
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & PLUTO!
Keep the pizzas! :)
2006-08-24 17:37:18 · answer #5 · answered by Clara Isabella 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in mourning for poor old Pluto (btw it's the only planet that was discovered in the US), but thank goodness Pluto the dog is still about.
2006-08-24 17:36:52 · answer #6 · answered by Paul P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
these people are called scientists. it was decided by the scientists over in Prague. I am saddened by this latest change but when I read about what Pluto and the possible 10th planet Xena were made of, I completely understand. you should check it out...
2006-08-24 17:38:04 · answer #7 · answered by Monique C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These ppl are scientists.
According to new information and exsisting criteria, Pluto can no longer be classified as a "Planet".
2006-08-24 17:35:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dwarfs want a planet of their own so they have tried to
steal one of ours...
I am keeping pluto...
I don't care what the dwarfs say about it...
2006-08-24 17:37:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I'm embarassed for astornomy," said Alan Stern, leader of NASA's New Horizon's mission to Pluto and a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. "Less than 5 percent of the world's astronomers voted."
Stern called it "absurd" that only 424 astronomers were allowed to vote, out of some 10,000 professional astronomers around the globe.
2006-08-24 17:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋