2006-09-10 05:13:55 · 24 answers · asked by sexycubangurl14 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
no, pluto is still there, but pluto is not a planet. because pluto orbits the sun, is round, does not have an isolated orbit (a bunch of other similar bodies have similar orbits.), and is not a satellite it is defined as a dwarf planet. this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. it just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.
i have been waiting for this since i was about twelve. i feel somewhat satisfied. i knew that pluto didn't fit the pattern set by the major bodies in the solar system so it was an anomaly. it just felt illogical and "out of place". this was the right thing to do, believe me. i don't understand why so many are having such a problem with this.
i don't know how long this will drag on tho. many planetary scientists are not satisfied that the definition is not rigorous enough.
http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf
2006-09-10 05:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pluto is no longer a planet, does that mean that schools will have to buy new science books? It's nice to know that people in this day and age can agree on something.
, "You know, just because Pluto dozen’t meet all the qualifications for ‘planet status’ dozen’t mean it should’t be a planet. I think Pluto is being discriminated against by the overly-aggressive International Astronomical Union. Pluto should be given ‘victim’ status accordingly - if that happens, this could become a key issue in the fall elections, as the Democrats would have the chance rally around yet another helpless ‘victim’…‿
2006-09-10 12:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope, Pluto didn't disappear. Pluto just isn't counted as one of the planets anymore. Because scientists came to an agreement that Pluto is classified under one of the dwarf planets.
2006-09-13 10:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by space 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it was crated up and filed away in some government warehouse. It is in close proximity to the Ark of the Covenant, but the bureaucrats lost the paper work. yes, I guess it did disappear in a sense. Wait a minute. No Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. Right.
2006-09-10 13:53:42 · answer #4 · answered by chewie_says 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, of course not! It's now a dwarf planet. Sniff! I'll sure miss Pluto!
2006-09-10 13:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by ~Sunset~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's just that there's a new definition of "planet" and Pluto doesn't meet it. Pluto still exists, they're just calling it a "dwarf planet" now instead of a full "planet".
2006-09-10 12:15:50 · answer #6 · answered by hslayer 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it's still there. Astronomers redefined what it takes for a heavenly body to be a planet and Pluto was too small.
2006-09-10 12:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
Along with Elvis
the Tooth Fairy
and Common Sense
2006-09-10 12:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, they are just saying that they found out that pluto is NOT a planet anymore.... so we only know 8 of them
2006-09-10 12:20:02 · answer #9 · answered by some girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as we can tell, it was sucked into a black hole.
We're thinking that the black hole will continue to expand and suck in our entire solar system, but statistics show that earth will be as abarren a weasteland as Pluto was by that time, so there's nothing much to worry about.
But, yeah, it's gone.
2006-09-10 12:23:03 · answer #10 · answered by dinochirus 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋