poor PLUTO, he got pushed away from planet status-so, where does he go from here?

Question

he needs a new kind of logo or promoter. he has skills, he's popular, he is in the now, his Q rating is high so, what went wrong??---is the new guy any better?----PLUTO is my boy and he is getting a bad rap from the science geeks and freeks. let's help him out. anybody care about PLUTO

Answer 1

Whoa, you're taking this entire thing a little too personally, don't you think? Have you ever stopped to think of why Pluto was demoted in the first place? Think about it:

Our system consists of 8 planets --all of which follow basically the same trend dependent on what would be expected of their physical nature based on their distances from the sun. The four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) share a lot of similar characteristics in being rocky and considerably dense, and relatively small in size.

The four outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) also share similar characteristics in that their composition is highly gaseous, consisting of elements most abundant in our solar system (and even in our universe itself), relatively large in size and significantly less dense than even elements found on earth (including water). Their distant position away from the sun is in sync with these physicalities. Less heat from the sun allows for a thicker, more gaseous atmosphere--extending outward for hundreds or even thousands of miles (hence such large volume for less mass, meaning smaller density).

Now where would Pluto be in the midst of all of this? It doesn't follow pattern of size like the other four; it's rather solid and dense--made of ice and rock but is nowhere near the four rocky planets. Some scientists would even support its comet-like charactertistics along with its highly elliptical orbit that rests 17 degrees off the plane of the eccliptic.

It's not that no one cares about Pluto; it's just that it wouldn't be logical to include it being a participant of our solar system based on what I've said and so much more that I haven't...

Answer 2

I think it's ironic. At one time, when Pluto was still considered a planet, scientists through that they had found 3 more planets. So instead of increasing our solar system to 12 planets, we're reduced to 8 now.

But Pluto is cool. I say we rename the sun Pluto. Pluto's been through enough already. Let's give him a break.

Answer 3

Why feel bad for Pluto? After 76 years of being the runt of the planets, he's now the King of the Kuiper Belt. Sounds like a promotion to me!

Answer 4

In the 1800's when the first big asteroids between Mars & Jupiter were discovered, they were designated as planets. However, as more asteroids were discovered, scientists understood that those celestial bodies needed a different designation...thus the category, asteroids was begun. The recent re-designation of Pluto as a dwarf planet, is not a matter of demoting Pluto from planetary statis. In reality it is recognizing that our solar system is more complex than we thought as we discover more varied trans-neptunian objects. We then must realign our past thinking to allow for increasing complexity of our discoveries.

Answer 5

Yeh, Kris you see the light. Instead of being a runty planet with a weird orbit, Pluto is now one of the largest Kuiper Belt Objects. He is a big fish in a different pond.

Answer 6

He,ll wander the lonely reaches of space and probably drink himself to near death and then some obscure scientist will find his nearly burned out shell and ask him to return to the system and resume his status as a planet, explaining that his status change was the result of some bureaucratic SNAFU and say, "hey, you know how it goes kid" and slap him on the equator wish him luck and add "I hope that many comets and asteroids smash into you and someday you can make a comeback and take your place among the real planets in our system." He smiles and says "Thanks man" and just keeps turning.

Answer 7

He applies for planetary status from the Q continuum, which supercedes any status given by the arrrogant scientists from your world.

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