Is it true that Pluto (the plantet not the dog) is not a plantet anymore?Please don't say "yes" or "no" i need more details from all of you.Best answer gets 10 points!
2006-09-17 06:01:07 · 3 answers · asked by 2cute2handle♥ 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Whether Pluto is a planet or not depends on how planet is defined. Till 24 August it was defined as a planet. ( a more-or-less round body going around the sun.) On 24 August , at the General Assembly of International Astronomical Union, in Prague , a planet was asked to fulfil another condition , namely , that it should have cleared its orbit. ( The planet should have its own highway.) Since Pluto does not dominate its orbit ( it intersects Neptune's), it has been reclassified as a "Dwarf PLanet", which is NOT a planet. There are other Dwarf Planets in orbit beyond Pluto , in what is called Kuiper Belt.
2006-09-17 06:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by Rajesh Kochhar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just learned a little bit about that in science and yes Pluto is not a planet anymore. They have discovered either one or two planets. I don't think they gave them a scientific name yet but soon to be. but since they were just discovered there is still much to figure of about them.
2006-09-17 06:11:37 · answer #2 · answered by Regan M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/pluto-demoted.html
2006-09-17 06:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by jsweit8573 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋