2006-10-26 10:13:53 · 20 answers · asked by BillyGoat 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
on 24 august 2006, the international astronomical union voted to reclassify pluto as a "dwarf planet", but i don't know how long this will drag on tho. many planetary astronomers are not satisfied that the definition is rigorous enuf. i can accept that the definition is flawed, but i can not accept that pluto is a planet. this does not change anything about the solar system or pluto. it just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.
pluto does orbit the sun, is ball-shaped, does not have an isolated orbit (a bunch of other similar bodies have similar orbits.), and is not a satellite so it is not a planet.
many astronomers consider pluto and charon to be a binary system, but two small bodies orbit that system. they are called nix and hydra.
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 "out of place". now that astronomers have found hundreds of other bodies with similar orbits, classifying "134340 pluto" as a planet is even more irrational. this was the right thing to do, believe me.
incidentally, "134340 pluto" was never a moon of neptune. neptune did capture triton. this is why triton has a retrograde orbit. "134340 pluto" is also larger than the largest asteroid, "1 ceres".
2006-10-26 12:49:39 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Pluto in Scorpio solar sq. Pluto Moon sq. Pluto Venus Trine Pluto Saturn Semi-sq. Pluto Uranus Semi-sq. Pluto Neptune Sextile Pluto - maximum persons have it Pluto Bi-Quintile Ascendant
2016-12-16 14:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by lotta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where Did Pluto Go
2017-02-24 04:51:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto was reclassified as a planetoid. It has an irregular orbit and no longer "fit" the description astronomers are using for planets.
In one day, out another.
2006-11-03 07:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pluto is still where it was, but the scienests said that pluto isnt a planet, it is a dwarf planet just like 100 other planets we have that are dwarf planets. the reason it is a dwarf planet is because pluto is smaller than many moons in our solar system. alot of people think that pluto was one of neptunes moons, that got its own orbit, other people think that pluto was a metieright that got trapped in the suns orbit.
2006-10-26 10:55:18 · answer #5 · answered by Jordyn 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
About a minute of arc (1/60 of a degree) further east in the sky since the last time someone asked this particular question. It is still in the constellation Ophiuchus.
2006-10-27 05:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pluto is no longer considered a planet because of how small it is. i know i'll miss pluto too
2006-10-26 11:16:21 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Senior@Carrick♥ 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It didn't go anywhere. It is still there and the New Horizons space craft is still on the way to investigate it.
However, astronomers have decided to reclassify it as a dwarf planet.
2006-10-26 10:17:48 · answer #8 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The scientists took it away when they said that it no longer fit the definition of a planet.
Poor pluto ;-)
2006-10-26 10:21:33 · answer #9 · answered by Jamie A 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Nowhere, its still up there located where it has always been, it just got demoted. No longer a planet. Just a ball of mass of stuff going round and round. Poor baby.
2006-10-26 10:21:48 · answer #10 · answered by kickinupfunf 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋