Is Pluto still a planet even though scientist say it isn't? would the person who discovered it still be famous
2006-11-20 13:44:48 · 7 answers · asked by Nissa 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Pluto was never really a planet. It was incorrectly classified as a planet and is actually in an area of the solar system outside of Neptune's orbit, which contains asteroids, comets, and icy bodies known as the Kuiper belt. Pluto has an eccentric orbit unlike the 8 planets and is considered a part of the Kuiper belt. Although scientist stripped the icy body of its name. I'm sure a lot of people will still refer to it as Pluto. Old habits die hard.
2006-11-20 14:37:38 · answer #1 · answered by ksway07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is not, and never was, a planet. The man who discovered Pluto is still famous, but he did not discover a planet. He discovered the first Kuiper Belt object. Kuiper Belt objects are beyond the orbit of Neptune.
2006-11-20 13:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by bldudas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh
Date of discovery February 18, 1930
2006-11-20 15:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by kiwesaw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto ain't no planet no more (sorry for the bad grammar). It was announced a dwarf planet on August 2006.
2006-11-20 16:14:09 · answer #4 · answered by Eric X 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, it's a dwarf planet
2006-11-20 13:50:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dopey dog that walt disney invented ....(and a minor planet)
2006-11-20 14:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-11-20 13:46:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋