Recently, the World body concluded that since Pluto did not contribute to the essential characteristics of a planet, and possibly got gravitated towards Neptune, another planet's orbit, Pluto was shown the door. I wonder as our knowledge of universe (with all its milky ways and galaxies, emerging or collapsing stars ) expands exponentially, sooner or later, it appears to me, we may be classifying one day Sun as a dwarf star, not doing perfectly the functions of a Star. Does anyone around feel it is possible?
2006-09-15 23:57:45 · 15 answers · asked by surybore 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The sun is expected to turn into a red giant and collapse into itself toform a white giant . No body will be there to take any picture or make any record of it. Ther is no other str bigger than the suin clsoe byy to attract the sun and make it to go arouind it as a satalite. But who will be there to downgrade of upgrade any star or planet , then at that time? There won't ge even any trace of this earth and theplanetrs around it .May be a new genration will spring from the start after several million yers and dianosaurs like creatures or some creatures might iniotiate the beginning of life and may be humans or something like that might develop after som billion yers and be searching for the bones to study the predecessors of the second stage of the uirse ,nothin gof th epresent stage of the solar system is like ly to be know or eventhought of by anybody of the new new world
2006-09-18 08:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by Infinity 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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. this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. it just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.
this same thing happened in the mid 1800s. beginning in 1800, astronomers found a few bodies orbiting the sun between the orbits of mars and jupiter. they finally stopped calling them planets after the fourth discovery. they gave the first one discovered, "1 ceres", the number one. no one 150 years from now no one will think pluto is a planet, and very few will even know we called pluto a planet. this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. the iau has given pluto its number. "134340 pluto" is the official designation.
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 rigorous enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
2006-09-16 10:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't really know about it. But the scientists really are b@stards! Haha... Bloody jerks they are. After how many years?!?! All of a sudden, they say that Pluto shouldn't be a planet included in the Solar System. Yeah, maybe I would change my first sentence. Since those scientists are being such jerks, who knows what other crazy stuffs they would change? They might probably say that the Sun cannot be includedin the Solar System. Because it is too big! Ahaha. I hate them! They think that just because they are scientist, they can change anything in the universe. And whatever stupid reasons they have to support themselves. Poof. Talking about it makes me angry. They even chanegd Pluto's name to a number! They are mean! Pluto was my favourite planet, and will always be. I am Scorpio. Pluto is my planet!
2006-09-16 10:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by space 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sun is already a dwarf star. It is a yellow dwarf G2v type star. However, the definition of a dwarf star is different from the new dwarf planet designation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_dwarf
2006-09-16 14:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by Cincinnatus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One day when it is all said and done the Sun will no longer be a star. When it no longer supports nuclear fusion it will become the densest planet and everything else in the extinct solar system will become a moon.
2006-09-16 11:44:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the sun is not a dwarf, it is an average-sized yellow star which is likely to become a red giant in its old age.
2006-09-16 07:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think it'll happen. Remember, there's a whole category of stars called white dwarfs. According to wikipedia, its size is average and it hasn't evolved into a red giant.
You're disappointed that Pluto's been stripped of its planetary status, aren't you?
2006-09-16 07:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mini 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS POSSIBLE! i guess millions of years aways. but it will happen. the sun will eventually use all its hydrogen and helium. then expand with all the heat and contracts, turning it into a Red Giant. Hence, with the continous shinkage it result with the white dwarf.
2006-09-16 07:24:54 · answer #8 · answered by Iracela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the size of the sun is too big to be classified as a dwaf star, itz for sure that if at all they will classify sun as a dwaf planet before that we wil be a dwaf planet
2006-09-17 04:09:02 · answer #9 · answered by bhaumik r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really! Sun is a perfect star! What is wrong with sun according to u?
2006-09-16 11:38:32 · answer #10 · answered by ATHeisT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋