This is unfair. Pluto is the farthest planet. So, now, you mean, Saturn will be the last and the farthest? What if one of these years, the scientists discovered that there's life in Pluto, will they still not recognize it as one of the planets?
2006-08-29 21:57:50 · 7 answers · asked by Mutya P 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Thanks Kuji, Pyroboy70167, Andy, Eric-G, Wacky_Racer, 006, & Akberbana for your informative answers.
2006-08-30 00:07:00 · update #1
Cuz the size of Pluto is the same as the size of its moon is that weird yes it is
Its also a dwarf common its smaller than our moon. Why should it be a planet
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the solar system, having been formerly considered the ninth full planet from the Sun until it was reclassified on August 24, 2006 according to the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) redefinition of the term "planet".[1] Pluto could be classified, again, among dwarf planets as the prototype of a yet-to-be-named family of trans-Neptunian objects.[2][3]
Pluto has an eccentric orbit that is highly inclined with respect to the planets and takes it closer to the Sun than Neptune during a portion of its orbit. It is smaller than several natural satellites or moons in our solar system (see the list of solar system objects by radius). Pluto and its largest satellite Charon have often been considered a binary system because they are more nearly equal in size than any of the planet/moon combinations in the solar system, and because the barycentre of their orbits does not lie within either body. Two smaller moons named Nix and Hydra were discovered in 2005.
Since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, controversy has surrounded its status as a planet[4]. The discovery of other trans-Neptunian objects (notably 2003 UB313, nicknamed "Xena", which is even larger than Pluto) focused debate on Pluto and the definition of a planet.
2006-08-29 22:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shows how much you know. Uranus and Neptune are farther than Saturn.
Pluto's not a planet because there's a bunch of other crap out there that is larger than Pluto, so if Pluto stayed a planet, we'd end up with 50 planets or more in our solar system. Technically, In order for it to be a planet, it'd have to clear its orbit of "junk" through its gravity, like the other planets have done.
Even if there is life on Pluto, it would not be a planet. Life doesn't make something a planet. Didn't you watch Return of the Jedi? Endor was a moon with a forest and a whole bunch of teddy bear Ewoks on it. :-)
Plus some of Saturn's moons may have life on them, that wouldn't make them planets, would it?
2006-08-29 22:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neptune is the farthest planet, not Saturn. Pluto is still a dwarf planet, just not a full planet. They had to draw the line somewhere and Pluto is much more like the other dwarf planets than it is like the larger planets.
2006-08-29 22:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto... I don't know why... but basing on the description of a planet, Pluto is still a planet no matter what is the size of it.
Pluto the home of the Yeti(abominable snowman)... as what I heard of the myth.
2006-08-29 22:07:27 · answer #4 · answered by wacky_racer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mainly it was demoted to dwarf planet status due to size and its' elliptical orbit, so Neptune is now the furthest planet in our solar system.
2006-08-29 22:06:11 · answer #5 · answered by eric g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It out because it is not fall under plant prerequistes
2006-08-29 22:19:00 · answer #6 · answered by akberbana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't, retard.
2006-08-29 22:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by pyroboy70167 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋