its not like we need it now
2007-09-04 17:23:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
ok. well 1. there are plenty of other dwarf planets and other such objects in the solar system are we are not blowing them up just because we don't need them. 2. nothing we've ever made has made it past Mars. 3. why would we blow it up just because we don't need it? lol
2007-09-04 17:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by Linnea 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO, Pluto is still a planet it is a DWARF PLANET.
No one plans on blowing it up in fact the New Horizions Probe has been sent there to study it. Currently, its revolutionary ion drive, has made it the fastest man made object.
According to Wikiedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
"From the time of its discovery in 1930 until 2006, Pluto was considered the Solar System's ninth planet. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, however, many objects similar to Pluto were discovered in the outer solar system, most notably the scattered disc object Eris, which is 27% more massive than Pluto. On August 24, 2006 the IAU defined the term "planet" for the first time. This definition excluded Pluto from planethood, and reclassified it under the new category of dwarf planet along with Eris and Ceres. After the reclassification, Pluto was added to the list of minor planets and given the number 134340."
Eris and Ceres are asteroids.
2007-09-05 00:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, actually they're going to get the Loizeaux family and their company, Controlled Demolition, out there to implode Pluto. They'll film it for The Discovery Channel. After that, they'll gather-up the rubble, clean out any remaining asbestos, and use it for landfill out in the ocean off of Florida, as a base for low-income housing.
They'll call the development "Pluto Plaza."
Oh, and Linnea, get your facts straight. Seriously, a number of our probes have made it past Mars, notably Voyager 1 which is now past Pluto and outside of our solar system at more than 9.3 billion miles away; Voyager 2; the Huygens Probe to Saturn's moon Titan; Pioneer (s) 10 and 11, and a few others.
Oh, gee... Linnea's not there anymore. Maybe she got embarrassed by her inaccurate answer and took it down.
2007-09-05 00:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pluto (the body that we have named Pluto) is the same as it always has been. Only now we designate it a Minor-Planet because it is smaller than and has the same characteristics as, at least, two other Minor-Planets and is only slightly larger than at least another additional two. Its not changed. Only we (the residents of the planet Earth) have decided to designate differently.
2007-09-05 00:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because some group of educated idiots decide to change their mind , doesn't negate the fact that it is still a planet
2007-09-05 00:28:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the concider it a dwarf planet.....it was either down grade it's panet status or add like 13more.. or something like that.
2007-09-05 00:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by conundrum_dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. it is still technically a planet, its just been down graded to a dwarf planet, and it is to be thought that it was or could be a moon.
2007-09-05 03:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by Deleted 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a dwarf planet, but if they blew it up parts of it might turn into asteroids and smash into us, in turn obliviating our human existence. I think they might leave it there
2007-09-05 02:10:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah they should build a prison there and sent all the terrorists over and let them go blow it up.
2007-09-05 00:28:24 · answer #9 · answered by witch2order 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! We need to study its habits.
2007-09-05 00:27:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋