2007-02-17 17:17:57 · 18 answers · asked by Tai 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
But doesn't pluto have a moon? If it has it's own satelite then doesn't it mean that moons can have moons? Can moons have moons?
2007-02-17 17:49:28 · update #1
I'm not positive, but I don't believe that moons can have moons. Usually the object a moon is revolving around is too large to allow this. The larger object would probably just end up having multiple moons, like Saturn and Jupiter...
Pluto was recently downgraded from a planet to what is known as a "kuiper belt" object or KBO.
"At least 12 KBOs have companions, and more are being discovered all the time. They are often called "binary KBOs" because the two objects have similar size, so it's not clear which is the "KBO" and which is the "moon!""
"Pluto is unlike the other planets in that it's not much larger than its moon, so Pluto and Charon together are known as a binary system. However, the Pluto-Charon system is not all that exceptional among KBOs - telescope observations show that a few percent of all KBOs are in binary systems."
So technically Cheron might not necessarily even be a moon, but another KBO and they are caught in each other's gravitational pull and revolve around each other...
2007-02-17 20:07:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dilbert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto
2007-02-18 01:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto
2007-02-18 01:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto was recently downgraded from planet to "dwarf planet". Pluto's moon is Charon, but they kind of orbit each other, since they are relatively close to the same mass.
2007-02-18 02:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by Tikimaskedman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto turned out not to be land, like a planet or a moon, but rather a big dirty chunk of ice with some imbedded debris. What I'd like to know is how does a chunk of ice that big form in space? I kinda thought water was rare. Maybe it's not frozen water but frozen something else like methane or whatever. Totally guessing there.
2007-02-18 01:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pluto. It was clasified from a planet, to a minor planet, not a moon.
A minor planet is a large astriod, and pluto as a minor planet in the Kuiper Belt
2007-02-18 01:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by dv l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto. ...and I am mad about it because I liked it the way it was. What are they going to do, change all of the history books? Silly people. Give Pluto planetary status then take it away without even thinking about how it will affect science..
2007-02-18 01:21:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is right, but we found two other possible planets in the meantime. Now we can see deeper into space.
Jonnie
2007-02-18 01:25:37 · answer #8 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto
they call it both a planet and a moon to avoid conflict among scientists
2007-02-18 01:21:39 · answer #9 · answered by unit ® 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto. and also...if you'd be so kind as to answer MY question...
you said in your answer to another question that you were studying the brain right now? What's that like? I'm thinking about taking Psychology in college...but i don't know if i should...what's it like? I've always been interested in that...but i've never spoken to anyone else who's taken it. I'm a senior in HS and about to graduate...so i must make a decision fairly quickly...my email is tcv1988@yahoo.com, i'd really appreciate a response if you'd be so kind. thank you.
2007-02-18 01:27:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋