You should know that we had 9 planets and now we have 8.do you think that is weird how pluto was a planet and now they are saying that it is not now?
2007-05-19 03:57:04 · 5 answers · asked by Brittany 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Not really, it's now a dwarf planet, if we kept Pluto we would have ended up with hundreds of planets( there are other satellites of the Sun which would need to be considered), at the end of the day it's just a name.
2007-05-19 04:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By definition anything on a trajectory of revolution around a star and not another celestial body is a planet, size i dont think that is the matter as long as its path of revolution is not changes by another body like a meteor, which may go around the sun but not in a set pattern. And then what about if a binary system existed out of the two stars would one be a planet?
2007-05-19 17:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by ayazali84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i think that that is totally confusing. I mean you can't say something is a planet and then take it back. Okay we'll you can, but you just don't. I mean we have to have nine planets. Say that there are 8 planets just seems weird
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2007-05-19 11:02:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Pluto is smaller than our Moon it couldnt be a planet.
2007-05-19 11:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not weird. A the science of astronomy evolves and advances we get better ideas about how things should be classified in space. As with all sciences, things change as we gain better understanding of them. I think its cool that we've learned so much we can better classify things.
2007-05-19 14:58:04 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋