I have heard a lot of things but is pluto really no longer a planet? So what are schools going to do with the textbooks? They cost a lot of money to get new and updated ones.
2006-09-11 13:55:27 · 9 answers · asked by funinthesun 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf
pluto is not a planet, but 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 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. this was the right thing to do, believe me. i don't understand why so many are having such a problem with this.
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".
i don't know how long this will drag on tho. many planetary scientists are not satisfied that the definition is rigorous enough.
2006-09-11 15:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would a school buy new books, just to revise a sentence about Pluto? Um, "Pluto is no longer considered a planet in our solar system. This was decided in 2006." A teacher can tell the class this, no need for new texts right away.
2006-09-11 14:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by Jummins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go back to books made before they called pluto a planet. I think its only been considered a planet for 50 years the wife of the guy who discovered it is still alive. Anyhow it wasn't considered a planet by real astronomers for a long time it was hard classifying it as a planet when they first found it; it didn't fit in like the rest of them. There are other objects bigger that aren't considered planets.
2006-09-11 14:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by jeff.sadowski 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is no longer the ninth planet. Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet. The science teachers have enough sense to tell the class why Pluto was demoted.
2006-09-11 14:12:42 · answer #4 · answered by no nickname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're just going to keep the old textbooks, but make changes in them with pen or tell the kids to make changes in their books. plus books only stay alive about 5 years so in 5 years everything will be gone about pluto...sadly...i loved that lil bitchh
2006-09-11 14:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plutro is a dwarf planet now. The makers of schoolbooks will have to change that.
2006-09-12 00:40:51 · answer #6 · answered by jhstha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is a "dwarf planet", and future books will need to be revised.
2006-09-11 14:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by GratefulDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it. Kids today don't read books anyway. Besides, many books are outdated before they ever get off the presses.
2006-09-11 14:02:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats stupid. i did hear that as well. they probably will just egnore it. lol
2006-09-11 14:00:44 · answer #9 · answered by Indiana Jonas 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋