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When Pluto was a planet, was it considered to be a Jovian planet, and if not was was it considered to be?

2007-01-27 07:37:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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It was never seen as a gas giant, if this is what you mean by "Jovian".
At the same time, it was never seen as a telluric planet either (telluric planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars); so it was always an outcast, from the beginning.

2007-01-27 07:42:06 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1 0

Nope, it was never called a Jovian planet, since it is nothing like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune. In fact, Pluto has much more in common with the moons of the Jovian worlds than anything else.

I've always (well, since I learned a lot about it) considered Pluto to be a member of the Kuiper Belt, so I for one am glad the scientific community finally demoted it.

2007-01-27 09:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by kris 6 · 0 0

It was not considered a Jovian planet, nor was it considered a terrestrial planet (earth, venus, mars, mercury).
If it were considered either one, it would have never been demoted to a dwarf planet.

2007-01-27 08:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by James O only logical answer D 4 · 0 0

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