Is anyone else a little mad Pluto got demoted from it's planet status?

Question

Honestly, I feel bad for the rock.

Answer 1

yes I still call it a planet you can't demote it after years of being a planet.

TEAM PLUTO

Answer 2

Pluto, the last planet to join the heavenly pantheon, became the first to leave it. The status of Pluto had been under discussion for some time, but with the discovery of 2003 UB313, nicknamed Xena, the question became acute, for it seemingly had as much right as Pluto to be called a planet.

On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union surprised the world by voting in a new definition of planet, one that would exclude Pluto and bring the total number down to eight. (There had previously been been strong speculation that the redefinition would bring the total up to 12 instead of down.)

Pluto was instead classified as a dwarf planet, along with Ceres and the aforementioned Xena. The main difference between a dwarf planet and the real thing is that the dwarf variety has not cleared the area of its orbital path.

This redefinition met with a wave of protests from those who wanted to see the ninth planet grandfathered in, including but not limited to supporters of the late Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930. His widow, however, said he would have been accepting of the IAU's decision since "he was a scientist" and understood that astronomers had to take into account newly discovered objects in the Kuiper Belt (where Pluto is located).

But opponents of Pluto's demotion remain unconsoled and have generated a thriving industry in T-shirts, mugs and other memorabilia. Among the many slogans of this movement was one which played on the mnemonic for the names of the erstwhile nine:

Answer 3

no, 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.

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.

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 don't know how long this will drag on tho. many planetary scientists are not satisfied that the definition is rigorous enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

Answer 4

Of course the status a planet can be taken away from it, however many years it has been one. It happened to Ceres Pallas Juno and Vesta, which were all blackballed and shown the door after 50 years as members of the planetary club and it happened to the Sun and Moon which had been founder members and been in the club for more than 2000 years.

So Pluto was not picked on and to be sentimentally attached to a lump of rock seems a little silly, therefore. These things happen,. Science reclassifies the objects it studies in the light of new information and discoveries.

The phlogiston theory was junked when Lavoisier discovered oxygen and had a better explanation for combustion, That is how science advances.

Answer 5

the seek for a planet previous Neptune began basically because of the fact of improper calculations of a few thing perturbing the orbit of Uranus. the prospect discovery of Pluto became into so popularized by potential of the media that it became into given planet status without too lots theory. As extra information approximately it became into amassed, scientists began understanding that it wasn't a genuine planet. the invention of alternative Pluto-like merchandise interior the Kuiper belt basically helped make specific that interest. there is not any reason in any respect that Pluto would desire to be a "planet", and Sedna or Quaoar not. some great asteroids would desire to additionally be risk-free. This led astronomers to better define what constitutes a Planet, and Pluto in simple terms would not extra healthful the definition. IAU regulations: A “planet” is a celestial physique that (a) is in orbit around the sunlight, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to conquer inflexible physique forces so as that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (virtually around) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. Pluto fails on (c) by potential of being area of the Kuiper belt, in simple terms like Ceres fails to be a planet by potential of being an element of the asteroid belt.

Answer 6

Oh, not this again. No, I'm not a "little mad." Geez. If you're thinking of buying real estate there, I wouldn't worry about home prices going down because of its status as a bona fide planet. At over minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit on a summer day, I sure hope you bring some warm socks.

Answer 7

Oh yeah, I have relatives on Pluto and they were selling their house, but now will get half what it was worth last year because Pluto is not a planet anymore!!

Answer 8

Oh yeah, it pretty crappy that it got demoted! But at least it didn't get destroyed or something.

Answer 9

Yes, because it should be a planet since it circles around the sun!

Answer 10

yes because we were all taught through school that it was a planet and now its not