Can you imagine how Pluto must feel?
2006-08-25 08:40:35 · 13 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
How will I finish this sentence now: My very educated mother just served us nine.....? (In case you don't know, this is a sentence used to remember the order of the planets.)
What happened to Pluto? Why was it demoted?
2006-08-25 08:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by peachiegirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that pluto is not a planet anymore !!!
its better to have 8 planets than to have more than 15 .. ok !! when we study about the planets of the solar system we have two groups !! the terrestrial ones and the jovian ones .. pluto doesnt belong to any .. and so when we study the planet orbits .. pluto has a different inclined one !!! pluto always seems to be different from the others !!! i dont know why i feel that the 8 classic planets are fare enough though i dont have anything about pluto !!!!!!!!!!!! Hard lock pluto .. i know its hard after 76 years !!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-25 16:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by Geo06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Mickey will comfort him.
Seriously though, what is important is to have a clear definition established rather than what falls where. (Semantics are important for clear communication). Pluto IS still a dwarf planet, if you read the resolution and a fairly interesting object.
I do admit it is a good thing that the Pluto fast flyby mission is already on its way. If this had passed while NASA funding was up for discussion while the New Horizon's mission was still in Phase A funding (study and development) New Horizon's might not have reached phase B. (Say in August 2002, rather than 2006)
New Horizons funding in 2002: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9464
New Horizons web site http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
2006-08-25 15:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. For Peachiegirl. "My very educated mother just served us noodles". Pluto is the most unusual object ever to be classified as a planet. Discovering it was an important scientific event, but we have learned more since it's discovery. Pluto was a loner anyway. I don't think this will change because of what we call it.
2006-08-25 15:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yea, it's a planet, until they prove that it isn't. There sending a satellite to Pluto then which will be there in 2015. Then, we shall tell if it is a planet or not, but until then, it's a planet.
2006-08-25 15:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Chase 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is a Planet! Pluto is a Planet!
2006-08-25 16:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, let it go...
Holding on to a past memory holds back the fundamentals of science which is to look forward. Astroomers did what they did out of a need for consistency which is why the vote passed.
We cannot make scientific definitions that hold true if we also keep making arbitrary exceptions out of a sense of misplaced nostalgia.
Sorry, I know it's painful.... but change always is.
2006-08-25 15:55:14 · answer #7 · answered by slynx000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto doesn't change no matter what we call it. This whole argument isn't scientific anyway. It's just semantics.
2006-08-25 15:47:48 · answer #8 · answered by evil_tiger_lily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Aliens are already drafting a response. I believe they are going to forward it to the UN Security Council =}
2006-08-25 15:46:42 · answer #9 · answered by Special Ed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's been recatogorized as a dwarf planet. Let it go. It's still out there.
2006-08-25 15:48:29 · answer #10 · answered by PACKratNJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋