I think It should be an exception, do to the fact that they have been saying it is for over 70 years!
2006-09-28 22:34:45 · 16 answers · asked by QuantumC 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
personally, i think they're right to declass pluto from being a planet. its simply too small to be called a planet when there are asteroids surrounding the sun that r much bigger.
it is odd that after 70 years they're changing things but astronomy is a changing science. with stronger and stronger telescopes, each new probe sent out into our own galaxy and better technology, we're able to see more of the universe and discover things we've never seen before. so each idea we've had about the universe will be need to be updated with all the new info we've gathered. i always figured they'd change pluto's status sooner or later.
2006-09-28 23:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Lila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but pluto is not a planet. some consider pluto and charon to be a binary system, but two small bodies orbit this system. they are called nix and hydra. this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. it just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.
http://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
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 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 several discoveries. 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.
2006-09-29 08:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actual have pluto in the "first homestead' conjunct my ascendant in my chart,and that i believe it somewhat is power very strongly in my character,through fact i'm the kind who could be obsessed with issues,and that i've got a tough time letting issues or people flow,and while i want something i flow after it with finished rigidity,and positioned like each thing into what i want,and each so often that scares me somewhat through fact i will flow to extremes plenty that i make myself very just about ill which isn't sturdy in any respect,yet i do it.I actual have a tendency to push myself somewhat difficult with something that i do,and that i'm unable to stop until i'm getting what i want all carried out or the way i want it carried out.it somewhat is totally just about like an all or not something mindset with me even however I actual have libra as my becoming sign.
2016-12-15 16:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am afraid it is already decided. Pluto is no longer part of the planets of the solar system. It will be destrued with a giant "laser" from the moon called the "Alan Parsons' Project"
2006-09-28 22:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by Sporadic 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No,I don't think that it ever deserved to be a planet because there are asteroids as big as pluto and they were never considered planets.
2006-09-28 22:48:01 · answer #5 · answered by kevin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pluto has an elliptical orbit around Earth. It has three moons. It's a planet.
2006-09-29 00:48:00 · answer #6 · answered by Otis F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it should be - it is rather cute. I think 'they' (whoever they may be) don't want it to be a planet because it's not big enough. Maybe we sould tell these people that bigger is not always better.
2006-09-28 22:38:19 · answer #7 · answered by susanradford18 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's really very small...
So i guess it should not be considered as a planet
2006-09-28 22:38:18 · answer #8 · answered by fairy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think Pluto cares what any of us think
2006-09-28 23:03:09 · answer #9 · answered by bprice215 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not if there's valid reason why it shouldn't be, or else make similar entities planets also.
2006-09-28 22:37:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋