is this story about a planet beyond pluto substantuated or opinion.has it ben named yet?
2006-09-24 03:03:04 · 15 answers · asked by houdini 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
in 2003, astronomers found a body that recently proved to be about five percent bigger than pluto. they designated it 2003 UB313 until the international astronomical union could name it. the iau has given it the name eris. eris and pluto are not classified as planets however so the iau has also giver each a number: "134340 pluto" and "136199 eris".
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.
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.
look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_%28dwarf_planet%29
2006-09-24 05:04:07 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is a dwarf planet called Eris, which is slightly larger than Pluto. It was discovered last year, and was known by its nickname of "Xena," because it could not receive an official name before it was classified. According to the new definition established by the IAU, neither Pluto nor Eris is a planet. Shortly thereafter, the planet received its official name. Eris has an orbit that is mostly further from the Sun than that of Pluto, but its orbit actually crosses those of both Pluto and Neptune.
2006-09-24 03:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The fact that there is an object bigger than Pluto orbiting the sun is subtansiated. The guidelines for planet classification have been changed though. The new "planet" exists, but it is not considered a planet anymore, and neither is Pluto
2006-09-24 03:15:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someone just decided that Pluto isn't the 9th planet, so they must find two more to have ten planets. I have not heard of any planets beyond Pluto being named. There are wild rumors of all sorts, but one should not heed them. When another planet is definite and named, we will all know it.
2006-09-24 05:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither nor, we have our 8 standard planets and a couple of dwarft ones, even more than just 10 ... e.g. the is Xena veyond pluto, and Sedna ... any many others. But they are all dwarft. Only Xena appears to be bigger than pluto, however, all these object are really, really hard to observe for they are so incredibly far away from the sun and so small ... Even Pluto itself is already very difficult to observe.
2006-09-24 04:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by jhstha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are numerous objects out there. Since Pluto has been demoted, the others probably will not be called planets now. I believe several have been found, and they expect there to be hundreds in that general size range.
2006-09-24 08:50:08 · answer #6 · answered by Ken H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
October isn't the 8th month with the aid of fact the classic Romans inserted 2 months interior the direction of the 12 months to ultimate the calendar. that is what's now typical with the aid of fact the Julian calendar. with the aid of fact July for Julius Caesar and August for Augustus Caesar have been added between June and September. Sept from seventh, Oct from 8th, Nov from 9th and Dec from 10th each and each have been given moved forward 2 places. take notice that out of all calendar corrections, the weekly cycle has in no way replaced, that's why the seventh day of the week from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday remains regarded with the aid of fact the Bible Sabbath and has been saved by ability of the Jews considering that historic situations as much as on the instant
2016-10-17 21:22:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
right now the scientist have discovered the 10th planet named as xena with some proofs . but there is another sorrow that pluto is no more considered to be a planet. no problem children have to learnsome more planets.
bye............
2006-09-24 03:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by lisa francis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scientists have met and decided that even Pluto is not a planet....I think it is not round enough and its orbit is influenced by Neptune rather than maintaining its own orbit in a consistent path.
2006-09-24 03:07:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are only 8 planets. It was a big news story, I am sure you can find an article on it.
2006-09-24 03:27:52 · answer #10 · answered by Sabrina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋