can enyone tell me why the scientis think that pluto is not a plnet no more.
and plz tell me what is your source plz!!??
10Q!!
2006-09-16 11:57:01 · 3 answers · asked by shadow merlin 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
Each celestial body has to fit a certain criteria before being called a planet. It has to be in orbit around the sun, have a sufficient mass, and has to “clear the neighborhood”. Check out these links for more info:
http://www.physicspost.com/science-article-215.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/kids_space/plutostatus.html&edu=elem
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2312963&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&ad=homepage
2006-09-16 12:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by s3xy_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto never really deserved to be called a planet. It is too small, and if you are going to call it a planet then there are about a dozen other celestial bodies floating out beyond Pluto (some of which are considerably larger than Pluto) which would also have to be called planets.
2006-09-16 19:07:33 · answer #2 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
2006-09-16 19:01:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋