2007-04-10 12:07:35 · 12 answers · asked by Templar 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I'd cryandcryandcryandcryand....
HEY wait, if that's true, what the heck are we livin' on??
2007-04-10 12:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We couldn't "find out" that Pluto is the only planet, as "planet" is an abstract term defined by the IAU as:
Any object that is the dominant body in its region of the solar system, orbits a star, and whose gravity has pulled it into a spherical shape.
The object must satisfy all of these.
I've seen 3D models of the solar system showing Pluto's orbit, along with the orbits of thousands of other asteroids in the Kuiper Belt (Thank you, Celestia). It's easy to see that Pluto's just another rock in the Kuiper Belt, and not even the largest.
Pluto, being the second largest known object in the Kuiper Belt is comparable to Pallas, the second largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt. Nobody consideres Pallas a planet, though they used to. The situation with Pluto is simply history repeating itself.
The other planets are obviously the largest things in their region of the solar system.
So they will be planets unless the definition of "planet" drastically (and unreasonably, might I add) changes.
2007-04-10 19:12:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Planet" is a human definition. A planet is what we say it is. Up until last summer, we (astronomers) didn't even have a definition of a planet!
Regardless of what we call it, Pluto still exists, and therefore is still worthy of study. Personally, I can't wait until the New Horizons space craft reaches Pluto and other Kuiper Belt Objects and sends back information. We know so little about that tiny world!
2007-04-10 19:12:34 · answer #3 · answered by kris 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would never happen, cause Pluto is the one true planet . When you die, if you don't believe what I say, well, you will go to ,,,, well, you will go someplace I am not going to.
2007-04-10 19:28:00 · answer #4 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would laugh!!!! because then we wouldnt have any planets...since they say pluto is not a planet!
2007-04-10 19:13:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd feel that someone had radically changed the definition of a planet.
2007-04-10 19:11:44 · answer #6 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would fly to Pluto.
2007-04-10 19:25:26 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really doesn't affect my day-to-day life. I don't care what Pluto actually is.
2007-04-10 19:16:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then I would go to hell for not worshipping Pluto...
2007-04-10 19:21:04 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meek shall inherit the Universe.
2007-04-10 19:17:04 · answer #10 · answered by Kid Fleetfoot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋