2006-11-06 00:44:54 · 14 answers · asked by Tyler J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
pluto is neither a planet nor a comet.
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.
i have been waiting for this since i was about ten. 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. i feel somewhat satisfied, but i don't know how long this will drag on tho. this was the right thing to do, believe me. this does not change anything about pluto or the solar system. this just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.
many astronomers consider pluto and charon to be a binary system, but two small bodies orbit that system. they are called nix and hydra.
incidentally, "134340 pluto" was never a moon of neptune. neptune did capture triton. this is why triton has a retrograde orbit.
2006-11-06 01:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet due to it;s size alone . It used to be called a planet because it had a moon. That was the gauge used to determin if it was a planet.
Now however three new bodies are named planets and pluto bit the dust to become a large rock.
I think this was wrong as pluto has a definit eorbit, and a moon. and is not a wander as is astroids,a nd metors, and comets.
The reason for plutos demise as a planet is that there are larger bodies and there are so many bodies smaller than pluto with their own sitelites or moons. So the idea of nameing aoplanet because it has a moon is over with.
It has to meet size requyirements too.
2006-11-06 01:09:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is not considered a comet because it never develops a coma. A coma is what most people would think of as the head of the comet. It is a fuzzy cloud around the nucleus, the thing most people think of as the head. The coma develops when the comet gets close to the Sun, which Pluto never does.
2006-11-06 01:11:53 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can I wax philosophical? Names that people put on cosmic entities are just labels cooked up by a few buckets of grey matter. PhD's in white lab coats are often the ones who get to tell us what things should be called or not called. But its all just a bunch of vibrating air.
Pluto is most likely still called a planet because of its history of being called a planet for such a long time.. And perhaps also because of its relatively symmetric orbit. Eventhough its a stranger orbit than the other planets. Comets tend to have extremely asymmetric orbits.
2006-11-06 00:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by samw3 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) currently classified as a Dwarf Planet. Pluto's "moon" Charon is also a KBO. 2003 UB213 (Nicknamed "Xena") is also a KBO.
2006-11-06 02:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Tim C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It' s not anymore, scientists have said Pluto is not anymore considered an asteroid because.........just search in google about Pluto(sorry, I forgot that article)
2006-11-06 00:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by Brandon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pluto is not a planet
2006-11-06 01:26:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just wait and it may be reclassified. Apparently a handful of people in the IAU can change the rules to satisfy their agenda.
2006-11-06 03:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually...pluto is not a planet anymore...
2006-11-06 00:47:14 · answer #9 · answered by Henry_Tee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is no longer classified as a planet.........it's infact a dwarf!
*(a dwarf is a type of star)*
P.S. Does tht answer ur question?? ;)
2006-11-06 00:49:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋