Pluto has been voted not to be a part of our solar system . Do you think it should still be ?
2006-08-25 09:07:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
no!
It was an immature and stupid vote
2006-08-28 05:56:33 · answer #1 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree with the vote. Pluto should never have been a planet. There have been doubts it should be a planet ever since it was discovered, but without knowing about any of the other objects orbiting out past Pluto these arguments never won the day. But just like the discovery of more and more asteroids eventually convinced people that Ceres was not a planet, now the discovery of more and more Kuiper Belt objects has convinced people Pluto is not a planet either.
2006-08-25 09:09:54 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree.
In the fact that it is now no longer a planet, but a dwarf planet the likes of very large circular asteroids and comets (which Pluto is by the way).
But not in the fact that it is "not to be a part of our solar system." Pluto is still there! Its not like someone came along with a Death Star and blew it up.
2006-08-25 10:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Pluto has always been too small to be a planet. I'm surprised this wasn't done earlier. I totally agree that it should be grouped with the other spacerocks in the Kuiper Belt. I think it makes it much more simpler to call it a dwarf planet on the edge of the Kuiper Belt than to make a crazy exception that it "is" a planet. The only people who would regret this change are the people who hate change and would prefer to keep things like how it was int he old days. Oh Well.
2006-08-25 09:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by Eileen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree with the final voting on Pluto.
For consistency, it is better to eliminate Pluto as a planet now then to have more problems in the future because of a compromised definition (in order to include Pluto). So, rationality still triumphs over sentimentality.
2006-08-25 09:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto has been an offical member of our solar system for 76 years and is/was the most unknown member of the system. I was kind of upset when I heard. In school we were taught My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. Now take the pizza off and you get served nine! Nine what? I don't know!!
2006-08-25 09:12:43 · answer #6 · answered by Michael R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine" Now there's no "Pizzas"!! What is she serving?! Now our children will learn a different way to remember the planets. And I totally disagree with this as do everyone I have talked to about it! I always loved Pluto and I will miss it not being a planet along with earth. Better yet I will still call it a planet. Who cares what the scientists are saying about it, I was taught it was a planet and I stickin with it. lol
2006-08-26 01:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like the 'demotion' of Pluto out of a sense of nostalgia.
But I agree with the vote in the best interests of the preservation of the principles of Science.
2006-08-25 09:21:19 · answer #8 · answered by slynx000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but you are wrong, Pluto was assigned a status which is not a planet but a new type of celestial body named dwarf planet, it is expected that many such dwarf planets exist at the edge of our solar system.
2006-08-25 09:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
I agree with the vote, but it's still part of our solar system. It's just been designated as a "dwarf planet".
2006-08-25 09:13:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it should still be a planet. once a planet, always a planet. i really think they should reconsider. wasn't there another planet-type thing that was being discovered a long way away that they were going to make a planet that was smaller than Pluto? just a thought.
2006-08-25 09:13:58 · answer #11 · answered by Jaycie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋