2006-09-23 03:01:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
do i need to say that pluto was never alive so could not die?
pluto and charon are considered a binary system, but two small bodies orbit this system. they are called nix and hydra.
http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
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 has happened before. beginning in 1800, astronomers found a few bodies orbiting between the orbits of mars and jupiter, and they finally stopped calling them planets after the fourth discovery. astronomers then added numerals to the names, and pluto recently got its numeral. 150 years from now, no one will think of "134340 pluto" as a planet. very few will even know we classified it as a planet. "1 ceres" and "136199 eris" are other dwarf planets.
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.
2006-09-23 08:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is not dead, it will just keep on doing what it has done for the last 5 billion years oblivious to what some life form on an insignificant pale blue dot regard it as.
There's no point in getting in a huff over it.
Pluto doesn't know. Pluto doesn't care.
2006-09-23 10:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by Xraydelta1 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Pluto the planet?
Pluto the cartoon dog?
Pluto the character from The Hills Have Eyes?
2006-09-23 10:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! Pluto the cartoon dog is still alive and well and Pluto the former planet has only change gender.
2006-09-23 10:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by Patricia S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says it is dead? I'm going to continue to refer to it as the 9th planet.
Off topic - anybody know why Disney's Goofy could talk but Pluto couldn't? They're both dogs.
2006-09-24 08:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the distance it is from the Sun, it's probably only now just figuring out its demotion in the eyes of man.
2006-09-23 11:50:32 · answer #6 · answered by phantasm81986 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there is no death because its not like it going to be blown up is it! Ok, it wont be a planet but its still there.
2006-09-23 12:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by robert o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey pal, Pluto ain't dead!
2006-09-23 10:32:21 · answer #8 · answered by space 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope..
Pluto is not dead..
It has been seized by the dwarves but we will get it back...
2006-09-23 11:23:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont care what the dumbos say; I still call it a planet:-)
2006-09-23 11:03:34 · answer #10 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋