Is it true that Pluto is now not to be considered a planet & recently two other planets are also discovered!!?

Question

I was shock to find that now Pluto is no more considered a planet. Does anyone know the reason for this that why it has been cancelled??

Answer 1

right pluto is no longer a planet or will be considered until 2014 when a radio wave travels across it making sure it has a core and what is it real composition.the astronomy books will say that there will only be 8 planets . scientist dont know if they should classify a planet by size volume mas or composition and they are in doubt since they think pluto came from another galaxy ,the reason for that is that it is at a different angle for the others. 15 degrees to be exact. thanks

Answer 2

The three objects (not two) that were recently considered for planetary status had been discovered some time ago, Ceres in 1801, Charon in 1978 and Xena in 2003.

The International Astronomical Union created a new category of Dwarf Planets for all three, Pluto and several other Trans-Neptunian Objects and 3 other asteroids,

Answer 3

Yes, Pluto was found out to just be some kind of meteor. They also found other meteors, but, instead of adding those as planets, they just took Pluto off the planet list. Also, the guy who discovered it lived in Kansas, and recently died. So they sent his ashes to Pluto, but it's not even a planet now, so when he gets there it won't be the planet he discovered. Sad, hu? I spent almost a year learning about the planets, and now Pluto isn't even a planet? That's not fair. LOL. Bye.

Answer 4

Yaaaaa those planetery nerd guys decided Pluto didn't smell nice or something and eliminated poor ol' Pluto that poor forlorn planet way up in that corner over there mindin it's own business and revolving with it's buddy planets !! I refuse to accept their ruling and will continue to accept Pluto as a full member of the planeteray community....so there Mr. Smarty Pants astronomer. How do you like those apples ??

Answer 5

I don't know the reason for considered pluto as a non planet. There was a problem arised due to this? What is that problem means astrology followed till become wrong, because astology was calculated including this planet also.

Answer 6

yes, pluto is now considered a dwarf planet along with pluto's moon Charon, Xena, and another planet. It got its demotion because of pluto's irregular orbit around the sun, and it frequently crosses neptune's path. It will take a while before the school models and textbooks are updated.

Answer 7

Small, dark and distant Pluto, the beloved underdog of the planet world, got its final comeuppance Thursday -- it was demoted to a mere dwarf planet.

The ninth rock from the sun doesn't meet the newly adopted definition of a planet based on its orbit and now ranks just ahead of asteroids and comets in the solar system.

After heated debate, members of the International Astronomical Union voted Thursday in the Czech Republic to strip Pluto of its status. Now millions of textbooks, exhibits and planetarium shows need to be changed.

Pluto's status had been in doubt for some time.

"We've taken the side for years that Pluto is not a planet," said Michael Narlock, astronomer at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills. In fact, Cranbrook's planetarium won't even need to change its exhibits, since its solar system model was created before 1930, the year an amateur astronomer discovered Pluto.

Narlock said Pluto has been the favorite planet of generations of children who identify it with the Disney character Pluto. The dog was named after the planet.

"Everybody learned in school that Pluto was a planet," Narlock said. "It will be hard to unteach that."

The way many people remember the planets in order is through a mnemonic, a memory aid. One goes: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas, for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the ill-fated Pluto.

Narlock suggested the mnemonic could still work: Just change nine to noodles.

Detroit Science Center officials scrambled Thursday morning to make temporary signs explaining Pluto's demotion wherever exhibits included the former planet.

Todd Slisher, vice president of the center's science programs, said several visitors were disappointed about Pluto and suspected that most people wouldn't change their opinion.

"They were a bit disturbed that Pluto was voted off the island, so to speak," said Slisher, an astronomer. "But this gives us a great opportunity to further appreciate science."

As Khamisi Johnson, 9, wandered around the Detroit center Thursday, he was surprised to hear a planet could be downgraded and questioned who had the right to do that.

"They can't just vote and say that," said the Golightly Education Center student who is entering fifth grade.

Though Larissa Tasich, 9, wasn't sure if she could name all nine, er, eight planets, the Rochester Hills girl was certain that Mickey Mouse wouldn't appreciate having to rename his dog pal, say, Uranus.

Pluto will continue to make a cameo in Detroit's Science Center, but it eventually will be correctly labeled as a dwarf planet, Slisher said. Most planetarium directors in Michigan said changes to their star shows and exhibits would happen slowly.

Pluto's downsizing created more problems for 14-year-old Jacob Larsen of Auburn, who is creating an outdoor model of the solar system, to scale, that debuts next month. He figured out the math calculations for the distance of the planets from each other and is stretching them out over 18 miles between Delta College Planetarium in Bay City and Midland. Each planet is represented by a sign.

"We may have to end at Neptune now," Jacob said.

Astrologer Gwen Miller, who practiced in Jackson until last month, said Pluto is too important a planet in astrology charts to dump it. "It's very significant," she said. "There's no way I'm going to leave it out."

Answer 8

i'm in an astronomy class and really overlaying this be counted. i'll comprehend each and each perspectives: Pluto wasn't created the equivalent as the different planets vs Pluto revolves by the picture voltaic like all different planets. notwithstanding, I in my view edge with the pro-planet area as Pluto is pretty a lot an honorary planet as a outcome of its orbit.

Answer 9

I'm not sure y it is no longer a planet and i didn't here about 2 other planets.

Answer 10

Wow...I'm really sorry to hear about your accident that knocked you into a coma for the past 48 hours and also left you without the ability to read or watch the news.