You know, while astronomy is at it. Could not Titan be a planet if it wasn't orbiting Saturn?
2006-08-26 15:57:59 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
YES, Jupiter and its satellites ought to be reclassified as a subplanetary system! The big four are all larger than our Moon, and lose to the size of Earth.
2006-08-26 16:05:18 · answer #1 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if it shared a bycenter (which means that the two bodies share a center of gravity in a binary obrit) with Saturn, which I am fairly certian it does not. There was a proposial to have Pluto and Charon both as planets in a binary orbit, however since Pluto has been reclassified as a dwarf planet, I am not sure what Charon is now. In several thousand years Earth's moon will become a planet as it shifts into a binary obrit with Earth.
2006-08-26 23:11:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it wasn't orbiting Saturn, it would certainly be big enough. Something that size would have fulfilled the 3rd criteria -- that it sweeps its orbit clean of debris. It's amazing we landed a probe on that billion-mile-away sphere and it sent back pictures.
2006-08-26 23:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but the astronomers making up these silly rules should be sent into orbit and reclassified as planets
2006-08-26 23:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no because it doesn't orbit a star, it orbits saturn
2006-08-28 01:03:50 · answer #5 · answered by jeevus_ud91 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah but its not a planet i wouldnt classify it as a planet because its a moon
2006-08-26 22:59:51 · answer #6 · answered by shorty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no- must orbit the sun.
2006-08-26 22:59:51 · answer #7 · answered by SweetNurse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I vote No.
2006-08-26 23:03:40 · answer #8 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋