2006-09-08 23:56:57 · 20 answers · asked by anif c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
poor, poor Pluto... and wouldn't stink to have a model of the solar system due the day after that announcement...
2006-09-09 00:03:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto
2006-09-09 08:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by xhes_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto
2006-09-09 00:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by rhymingron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto
2006-09-08 23:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by julie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto has been stripped of its status by the International Astronomical Union, reducing the number of planets to eight. Under the new guidelines, it's now considered a "dwarf planet". Pluto, which is smaller than Earth's moon, doesn't fit the new criteria for a planet: "a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit."
Pluto doesn't qualify because its orbit is inclined relative to the rest of the solar system and crosses over the orbit of Neptune.
2006-09-09 00:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by starcomet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just when I started thinking the IAU wasn't as big a failure as I initially imagined they go off and demote Pluto from planetdom.
It is now known as a dwarf planet, which I believe is a serious mistake. These people should know better than anyone that 'big' is relative.
2006-09-09 00:17:19 · answer #6 · answered by yasiru89 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto got demoted
2006-09-08 23:58:32 · answer #7 · answered by Warrior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto!
2006-09-08 23:58:13 · answer #8 · answered by Morgan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto.
2006-09-08 23:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by Gaby A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto (so much for all that studying the planets when I was in school)
2006-09-10 00:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by littlebear2232 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋