is this true. then what is it? is school teaching going to change this year?
2006-08-27 11:51:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Its now called a "Dwarf planet" or a "plutonian planet" and its already been taken off the Planetary Rolls.
We now have 8 planets.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Planets
2006-08-27 11:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you HEARD correctly. School textbooks better change, since Pluto is no longer a planet! I was disappointed, since I'm a fan of Pluto, but it IS very small. It is now classified as a dwarf planet, and the mnemonic is now "My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Needles" (Ouch!) Pluto isn't a planet anymore. Deal with it.
2006-08-27 19:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by BonnieBlue85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is now classified as a dwarf planet. I've always categorized it as a Kuiper Belt Object(KBO). The eight planets all travel on what is called the ecliptic, which means they all orbit on the same plane. Pluto is about 20 degrees off the ecliptic and has a very eccentric elliptical orbit which more resembles the orbit of a comet that that of a planet. It's orbit, at times, takes it inside Neptune's orbit. There are many other KBO's such as 2003 UB213(also known as Xena)
2006-08-27 19:13:56 · answer #3 · answered by Tim C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Correct ! It was "demoted" just days ago, and is now considered to be a "dwarf planet." They changed it because its orbit takes it, sometimes, closer to the Sun than (real) Planet Neptune. Since it does not "stay in its own neighborhood," they changed the definition of 'Planet,' and it was changed in category. There are supposed to be many more objects like Pluto oriting around way out there, but we have not observed them yet.
2006-08-27 18:55:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a moon now. Schools teaching changes every year
2006-08-27 18:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by spike03 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes you right, he is now the leader of all the other dwarf Planets
2006-08-27 18:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by diamantenkitty 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no its no longer a planet just a big rock. they will have to change it so kids dont learn it wrong.
2006-08-27 18:58:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yeah i heard it too! that stinks! I guess they will change school text books:)
2006-08-27 18:55:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
And I thought he was a cartoon Dog !
2006-08-27 18:57:46 · answer #9 · answered by Bohemian 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yeah its a moon. now its, my very educated mother just served us nachos
2006-08-27 18:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by natalie♥ 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋