What is your reaction to this?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060824_planet_definition.html
2006-08-25 09:37:49 · 24 answers · asked by poetic_lala 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
lame huh!
2006-08-25 09:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am ecstatic about it! Bout time I say. We talked about it a bit in one of my classes, and after the professor told us Pluto is no longer a planet about half the class (all the ones studying astronomy) jumped up and cheered. We have been waiting for this for 3 years now and are glad it turned out this way.
Pluto has long been a disgrace to the word planet, and has long confused many a people. Pluto doesn't follow the normal laws governing the formation of the other true planets, and it fits much better into the comet category than it ever would as a planet.
Also glad they came to a compromize and still left a category for the BIG things in the small body classes (what they now call dwarf planets) because this at least highlights a bit on our idea of round things being special.
2006-08-25 10:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My reaction to the decision is mixed. On one hand, it seems like the decision makers were right as they'd have to name a lot more other planets but on the other hand, it seems unfair to Pluto.
I don't know whether you have seen but help sign the petition supporting Pluto as a planet and not a dwarf planet. Check out http://pleasesavepluto.org/
2006-08-25 09:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by go2_planet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was depressed. But I was taught there was 9 planets so now I have to get used to 8 planets. Plus since I am a scorpio and it was ruled by pluto I have no idea how that effects my sign.
2006-08-25 09:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by maxie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*sigh* Oh well, too bad for pluto... Although probably most people in this generation and maybe even some in the next will still consider little pluto as a planet
2006-08-25 09:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad that the scientific community wasn't afraid to change Pluto's status just because a bunch of school children will get mad.
2006-08-25 09:39:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess it'll take some getting used to. Like when people learned that the earth is not flat, it probably took a while before everyone really got used to it.
2006-08-25 09:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's sad really. As we discover more about our universe, its natural that we should discover MORE planets. We should not demote ones we already have because we're scared of widening our horizons to include more astral bodies.
2006-08-25 09:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by Splatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that every thing that is round and orbits our sun is a planet even moons. So i dont really care what they say
2006-08-25 09:45:24 · answer #9 · answered by Seeker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it really puts a damper on my weekend travel plans too. Now I gotta get my passport changed and find connecting flights from Saturn...it's just a big headache now.
2006-08-25 09:40:43 · answer #10 · answered by rahkokwee 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Whether on not Pluto even exists is totally irrelevant.
2006-08-25 09:43:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋