Why did they take the title of plant away from Pluto?

Question

and what did Donald and Mickey have to say about it?

OOPS - meant Planet!

Answer 1

Because Pluto lost it in the title fight to Snoopy,
Mickey Mouse was very very upset

Answer 2

1. Pluto was never a "plant".

2. Pluto is no longer a "planet" because scientists redefined the term "planet".

3. I haven't talked to Donald or Mickey yet...

Answer 3

Pluto is dead," said Mike Brown, a planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology who spoke with reporters.

Pluto and its moon Charon, which would both have been planets under an initial definition, now get demoted because they are part of a sea of other objects that occupy the same region of space. Earth and the other eight large planets have, on the other hand, cleared broad swaths of space of any other large objects.

"Pluto is a dwarf planet by the ... definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects," states the approved resolution.

Dwarf planets are not planets under the definition, however.

"There will be hundreds of dwarf planets," Brown predicted. He has already found dozens that fit the category.

Answer 4

Before last year 2006 Pluto was a planet by definition.

Now it came down to any planatary body over 500 miles

(800km) in diameter which orbit the sun would be classified

as a planet Pluto has turns out to be smaller then our moon

(2100miles)

SO PLUTO LOST IT STATUS

I still think it would be an interested place to visited

Answer 5

Under the International Astronomical Unions new definition of a planet, Pluto didnt fit in. It basically came down to its size and orbit. First of though we have to define what a planet is and also what a dwarf planet is which is what Pluto is now considered to be.

The International Astronomical Union came up with 4 points that have to be met in order for a body to be classified as a dwarf planet:

a) The body must be in orbit around the Sun;
(b) It must have sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape;
(c) It has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit; and
(d) is not a satellite

They also agreed on what a body must be to be classified as a planet:

a)The body must be in orbit around the Sun;
(b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape.
(c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

Pluto's orbit is another factor that made it clear that its status had to be revised. Pluto's orbit is very eccentric, which means that unlike the other planets that follow a near circular path on their way around the sun, Pluto's orbit is highly inclined. This eccentric orbit actually brings it closer to the sun for a subtanial time during its orbit. Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun. During 20 of those years its orbit is within that of Neptune.

A few years ago a new body was discovered beyond Puto which was given the name Eris. The discovery of Eris reignited the debate over Pluto's status and its place in the solar system. Eris is thought to be part of the solar system known as the Keiper belt which is very similar to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but is commonly known as a Trans Netunian Object. If Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered Pluto in 1930 had known about the Keiper belt it is very unlikely that he would have classified it as a planet.

If Pluto had kept its planet status it could mean in 30 years time when we discover other bodies like Eris (who like Pluto is now a Dwarf planet) we could have a solar system with 20 or 30 planets orbiting the sun.

As for what Micky and Donald I would have thought that they would think they were pleased because if I was them I would have been extremely jealous of having a planet named after me, but still dwarf planet isnt that bad either. Knowing Micky and Donald as I do though they're not ones to hold a grudge, im sure they would have consoled Pluto in his time of need.

Answer 6

May-be they thought that the small planet was destroyed or about to be destroyed. WARS and rumours of wars. Let us use our imaginations, suppose Pluto was engaged in a war,and it was thought that they will be destroyed. Pluto is not destroyed, the smallest planet of all is still in the sky.

Answer 7

Perhaps a plant is another name for a very small planet,stop mocking this man

Answer 8

Mickey didn't pay his fees to the Planet Naming Society. He also lost the stars that were named Huey, Duey, and Louie.

Answer 9

Because it's too small to be considered a planet

Answer 10

Did you mean 'planet' me old matey? and it never was a planet so who knows why it was called a planet in the first place!!!!!