no!!!
actually it's not because of it's size or distance that it is not counted as a proper planet. it's because for being counted as a planet one celestial body should have the following properties:
1. it should revolve around sun
2.it shuld have sufficient mass for its self gravity to all come rigid forces so that it assumes a nearly round shape and has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
and in the case of pluto the 2nd property doesn't satisfy.
2007-10-19 18:30:03
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Not a big chance since there are many other "planets" just as big as pluto that would need to be added. The powers that be decided that in order to be a planet an object must be round due to its own gravity (which pluto has) but it also must dominate its surroundings which it does not. Pluto's largest moon is nearly half of its size while all other plants are many times larger than their moons.
2007-10-20 00:58:53
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answered by bgsubiostudent 2
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most probably not
the reasons bellow are why pluto was declared not a main planet (i thought they might help u to understand)
plutos ordit slants dranatically compared with the other planets
most of the planets are hot and rocky but pluto is cold and icy
plutos orbit is like a squashed circle while the other planets ordits are fairly circular
pluto is still a planet but not a main one its now classifyed as a dawf planet
their are now 3 dawf planets+ so plutos not alone
soz bout the extreme amount of info (science geek)
2007-10-20 01:24:04
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answered by Anonymous
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yes. something like 500 scientist voted for the dwarf classification while about 2500 others where busy talking to themselves and about 7000 couldn't even make it to the meeting.
so that leaves about 10000 scientists that are a little upset that they where not given a choice.
In a few years they will have this meeting again and if they haven't accepted the dwarf idea by then, I'm positive the classification will change by a landslide vote..
and there are MANY scientists that refuse to aknowledge the new term for pluto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_definition_of_planet
PLUTO IS NOT A DWARF PLANET BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE OR DISTANCE.
its because its orbit passes into neptunes orbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TheKuiperBelt_Orbits_Pluto_Polar.svg
its called "not clearing the neighborhood"
2007-10-20 01:13:42
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answered by Mercury 2010 7
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Absolutely!
It would require Pluto to run into something kinda large... blow apart, reform much bigger and sweep the surrounding space of debris.
Could happen.
I see numbers.... 2012... 2029... 2039.... no, wait, i just forgot my meds again.
2007-10-20 02:28:36
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answered by Faesson 7
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Currently, no.
2007-10-20 01:01:25
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answered by ? 2
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