tell me what you think in my opinion it should of just been left as a planet, tell me what you think
2007-01-22 17:11:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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2007-01-22 17:15:57 · update #1
It should have been left as a planet because both the "definition" they came up with and the reason for the demotion of Pluto to "dwarf planet" were frankly stupid. The reason Pluto is not a classical planet is that it doesn't "clear it's orbit of other bodies", Pluto's orbit over laps Neptune so that at times Neptune is further from the sun than Pluto. The problem is that under that definition if you have 2 large planets around a star and both planets have elliptical orbits then at least one of them must not be a planet in the classical sense. The definition was poorly thought out and instituted more with the intent of keeping the recently discovered "dwarf planet" in the Kuiper belt from being a planet than to clear up the semantics of what the word planet really means.
2007-01-22 17:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Malikail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wonderful thing about science is that it's the search for new and better answers. The search for truth, if you will.
Pluto was considered a planet in by astronomers initially, and as such, was described as one. Newer and better technology allows us to see that it does not share all the characteristics of an actual planet, and as such have decided it IS NOT A PLANET!
I understand if people who are experts can debate the characteristics, but I hate listening to ordinary folk like you or I "debate" this, as if it were a matter of opinion. People who think that way belong in a mental instituation or a church.
Remember, stuffing feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken!
(PS. This is not directed towards those of you with more of a working knowledge of this field of science than myself, who apply actual observable facts to create thier hypothesi..s..es(?) ).
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2007-01-22 17:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by The Smuggler 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the reason it's not a planet is because it's moon doesn't orbit around it, but instead, pluto and it's moon spiral around each other. pluto is so small that the center of gravity between in and it's moon lies outside of pluto. the center of gravity between the earth and our moon lies very close to the center of the earth. the difference in size between the earth and our moon is so big that the earth isn't really affected by the gravity of the moon. only our oceans are effected. but the moon doesn't have enough gravity to move the earth. with pluto's moon, it actually moves pluto so much that the two bodies revolve around a point between them, but it's closer to pluto. but since it's not within pluto, it's not a planet/moon combo. it's something else.
2007-01-22 17:21:14 · answer #3 · answered by smokesha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have never thought Pluto was a planet. it is king of the kiper belt.( i don't remember how to spell it sorry). that is where the comets come from. the orbit is all wrong.
2007-01-23 00:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't care less one way or the other.
2007-01-22 17:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋