I mean, nobody can see Pluto. It's just a small icy rock on the outer part of the solar system. There are moons and asteroids that are easier to see with a telescope than Pluto. Why would anyone care if Pluto is no longer considered a planet? Why this attachment to something they have never seen?
Any chance Yahoo can just set up a canned response that says, "Pluto is now considered a Kuiper Belt Object rather than a planet" whenever this question comes up? Nah, I suppose not....
2006-10-19 17:09:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I guess people have really been dissatisfied with scientists before. I too felt like Pluto should be a planet, but after investigating it and thinking I thought what does it really matter. I'll let them hash it all out. It means little to me. But scientists have claimed many things that have turned out to be false. Maybe people feel as if they are being mislead once again. I don't know how many times I've heard scientists say something is healthy for you then later they come back and say it is deadly. So being untrusting is almost natural. What scientists need to do is make a rule about what a planet is and keep it that way.
2006-10-19 17:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by RIDLEY 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This answer may sound corny. But nonetheless . . . we live in a world where we get demoted, divorced, left behind, and forgotten. We loose friends, we move from place to place, we are downsized and fired and let go.
Think about Pluto as a person. You once had an elite position - one of nine planets on the mot important galaxy in the world, the nine most important planets in teh world - at least to us. Then all of a sudden, some scientists come along and say . . . "nope, you hve been demoted". People cheer for Pluto the same way they do for all the "little guys", the nerd on the football team that ends up making the game winning touchdown, etc etc etc
Pluto represents that geeky, inadequate child in all of us. The child that istold it is not good enough. The child that is never gonna be prom king or queen. That child who looks around to other dumb planets called Uranus and wonder, "how did they decide Uranus show stay and mine should go?"
Thats why we care so much about Pluto . . .
2006-10-19 17:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by phillyboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is no more considered a planet because some more,3 to be exact, rocks the size of Pluto have been found by scientists.So if Pluto is to remain a planet,three more planets would be added. Who knows,how many such rocks would be found in the future..So to simplify the things,a size limit has been fixed and Pluto has been demoted from a planet to mere a rock..
2006-10-20 01:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by buntykawale 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about everyday someone asking, but I do know the stupid scientist had a big stupid debate on the subject and decided to demote Pluto as being a planet.
The real question is: Pluto was co-ruler with Mars over Scorpio. If Pluto is no longer a planet, that leaves Mars as ruler (or is Pluto still in charge). If Mars is in total control then that makes Scorpio nothing but an Ares born in November. Scientist debate that
2006-10-19 17:22:22 · answer #4 · answered by BUDDY LUV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a weird phenomenon alright. I think it's sort of a lemming mentality. Cashing in on the buzz. A little late? That's okay, there's still plenty of people ready to hold forth on an answer to questions about Pluto. I think it's a game to see how many responses you get.
If I ask an intelligent question, I may get 6 or 7 responses. If I ask a really stupid question, I'm looking at 30 or 40 responses. I don't get a lot of responses.
2006-10-19 17:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We care because it upsets something that we thought we "knew"... people are uncomfortable when our facts are changed, especially ones that we believed were scientific and not open to debate. Most will tolerate (although they still stick to them) questioning their faith and beliefs (well, some will) because they realize that these aren't grounded in a common set of assumptions. But when you question the basic assumptions, look out!
Personally, it doesn't affect my day, so I got over it; but I would be lieing to say it didn't rock me a little at first. This was part of our bedrock of our understanding of our little piece of the universe. If that is malleable, then what else is?
As to what Yahoo can do, don't know... I know that when I post a question, it pops up "similar" questions, but if I choose to not look at these, then Yahoo doesn't force the issue... not sure if the current answers site could, and not sure I'd want it to, if it could. Other questions that have been asked to death sometimes elicit new thoughts and answers.
2006-10-19 17:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, pluto is being no longer a planet when ub3132003 was founded vthere was some missconceptions about pluto.but now it is a coldest planet and is termed as dwarf planet and the main reason is that it is beyond the kuiper belt.
2006-10-19 18:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by piyush g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with dukalink and also because it pi$$es me off when the school system wants to put such credit status on it before and so casually cast it aside now. It comes down to a few or one person wanting to say they did something that effected everyone. It's crap. Does it really matter? no. Is it lame to do something about it after all this time? yes!
2006-10-19 17:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by Brandon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because NASA is most likely going to take back the desicion for naming it a planet. They have just recently said it's too small and not enough substance to it to be a planet.
2006-10-19 17:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by cia939 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a planet for 76 years and now it's not, only because 260 members of the IAU said so.
That seems capricious
2006-10-19 17:11:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋