First it was the Catholic church saying that Saint Nick was no longer a saint, and now, scientist are saying that Pluto is not classified as a planet but now is a planetoid???? What the heck is up with this??? Next thing you know we all will be told that our planet is not our planet but someone elses that we took it over in a hostile take over.
2006-09-30 14:53:58 · 22 answers · asked by LunaFaye 4 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
St. Nick Was never a saint, St. Nicholas Bishop of Myra was. He was the one that became St. Nick and later Santa clause (dutch protestants.) and yes, pluto is now a dwarf planet. Poor pluto...now he is really a little iceball with a friend spinning round the outskirts of out solar system. lol, hostile takeover of a planet...It'll be peaceful relocation-right after the mass genocide...
2006-09-30 15:10:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto and its largest satellite, Charon, have often been considered a binary system because they are more nearly equal in size than any of the planetoid/moon combinations in the solar system, and because the barycentre of their orbits does not lie within either body. However, the IAU has yet to formalize a definiton for binary dwarf planet, therefore Charon is regarded as a moon of Pluto for now. Two smaller moons, Nix and Hydra, were discovered in 2005. Pluto is smaller than several of the natural satellites or moons in our solar system
2006-09-30 21:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by junaidi71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pluto is now considered a "dwarf planet". Really. They found an "extension" to the solar system and discovered pluto has other "dwarf planet neighbors". Theres even a dwarf planet named Xena. I guess their going to have to recall all the childrens books that say plutos a planet.
2006-09-30 21:55:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a clear explanation of why Pluto's planetary status was changed:
http://yahoo.rogers.com/yahoo/answerman/#1
The mnemonic rhymes some of us learned for remembering the names of the planets are easy to change, since Pluto was at the end:
* My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nuts
OR
* Me Very Excited Me Just Sat Upon Nails
2006-09-30 22:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by tink_mcd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some scientists decided to make it no longer a planet. So now it is a dwarf planet. I dont like how they did that because now u can't do that little rhyme you used to do in like 2nd grade. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies. Now i don't know what to do to remember them since i was taught that way.....tooo bad
2006-09-30 22:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the issue if science redefines what pluto is? This is science, not religion/ Scientists are perfectly capable of reforming their views on things as information increases. Religion on the other hand does not.
2006-09-30 22:06:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is a "dwarf planet", but only 260 IAU members said so
2006-09-30 21:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing with Pluto It is mans inability to except we are but a spec in the universe.
2006-09-30 21:57:46 · answer #8 · answered by Andrew B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not a planet anymore. It's new name is some number. Poor Pluto-I mean-134340.
2006-09-30 21:55:31 · answer #9 · answered by zippo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they say it was never a planet now but all the teachers tought us bout the 9 planets but now its 8
2006-09-30 21:55:29 · answer #10 · answered by say-say l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋