I welcome Eris, formally known as Xena, but Pluto will always be a planet to me!
2006-09-14 03:17:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Hi Zhimbo, I understand what you are saying. I just feel like, why now change the status? This will totally disrupt astrology and I feel that its just disrespectful to Pluto. Its like being hired as a manager and then 10 years later being demoted to a supervisor because the didn't throughly check one of your references. Its messed up. But I am sure astrologers will find a way to accomodate the new planet. Its just a shame. I feel sad for Pluto. Ok, so you've probably guessed by now that I am in love with astrology and astronomy!
2006-09-14 03:37:16 · update #1
As was said previously, when Ceres was first discovered back in the 1800's, it was considered a planet also. As more knowledge was obtained it was demoted to an asteroid. So demoting a planet is nothing new. Who remembers Ceres as a planet now? Life will go on.
It all started a few years ago because Mike Brown found UB313 aka Xena, which was bigger than Pluto but is clearly a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO).
So, scientifically, there were only two things to do. Welcome Xena into the family along with 200 other potential objects. Or kick out Pluto and make it 8. Either definition for a planet would be correct. It's all about how you feel. I for one agree with the decision because it makes Earth more special, part of 8 instead of 200. I attended one of Mike Brown's lecture on the decision last week and even he agrees with the IAU. He of all people I thought would love to be recognized in history to have founded the 10th planet. It's all about how you feel about Pluto because astronomy can accomodate it as a planet or not. I'm going to venture a guess that most members of the IAU don't follow astology and have no personal attachments to it.
2006-09-14 04:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. it just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.
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 so it is a dwarf planet.
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
2006-09-14 05:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little while back I asked a question about the emotional attachment people have regarding Pluto's status, but didn't get anything that satisfied me. I'd love for you to explain!
In the context of our current knowledge of the Solar System, Pluto appears to be one of a large number of objects called "Kuiper Belt Objects" - the first discovered. Just like Ceres, originally called a planet, is now thought of as the first asteroid to be discovered, and not a proper "planet".
Planet seems to be reserved for the few "major" objects orbiting the sun; if we let Pluto into the "club", there are potentially thousands of additional "planets" in the Kuiper Belt.
2006-09-14 03:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am still keeping an open mind about the status of Pluto. I read that its elliptical orbit is correct for a displaced moon of Neptune. More recently I have heard of the effect of planetery alignment and the drawing in of bodies from the Kepler belt.
On the brighter side, I can get a new astronomy book ;)
2006-09-14 15:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have one tiny problem with naming the dwarf planet Eris. Eris is a Greek goddess name, and all the planets including Pluto have the names of Roman deities, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, etc. They should have name her Discordia, the Roman counterpart name for Eris.
2006-09-14 07:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell me about it ! Even if it is called a dwarf planet , it should still be considered a planet . They call Jupiter and Saturn giant planets , but they are mostly gas .
2006-09-14 07:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by rocknrod04 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't know nothing, there is a whole ocean of information to find out, we dont even know a drop.
And they think they can make the rules
2006-09-14 03:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by DaNGeRouS MiNDz 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
will you write me on my email its sexygirl
2006-09-14 03:30:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋