Pluto's Demotion

[super kid]

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Pluto is a dwarf planet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/

[Raziel_Darkeden]

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the only reason why people want it to be a planet again is because it was taught to us at schools and everything. It's not exactly awkward or anything to remember being the last planet and all.

Funny thing is, I took a test right after Pluto was declared a NOT to be a planet. So when we were supposed to right down all the little details for each planet, i just skipped right over. And, not surprisingly the teacher didn't care.

[jnco9909]

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I don't know what to say, but I agree.

[jewpinthethird]

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When you get a Ph.D in astrophysics, then maybe you'll be allowed to have opinion on the matter.

In fact, Mars' and Jupiter's orbits crosses others' as well.

Don't take too much offense to this: but you have no idea what you are talking about. The distance between Mars and Jupiter is roughly 3.7 AU (or 344 million miles, to put that in perspective, the Earth is exactly 1 AU from the Sun), their orbits don't even come close.

Obviously, the anatomy of our Solar System is completely foreign to you. Try taking a course astronomy.

[GuidoHunter]

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Yeah, the only reason they weren't demoted earlier was because the definition of a planet was never standardized. Now that astronomical technology is growing, we needed to do just that.

Before, Pluto was a planet just because we called it one.

Like Afro said, it was never actually like a planet, so why should it be considered one, now?

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Pichu_XP]

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But!

The standards that they settled on to demote the thing is poorly thought up.

Though, I can't really think of anything better myself...

[GuidoHunter]

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But!

The standards that they settled on to demote the thing is poorly thought up.

Though, I can't really think of anything ebtter myself...

Go reread what jewpin said.

You'll forgive me for not taking the word of a random teenager over the collective mind of the world's most prominent astronomers on what should be considered a planet.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Magnum13]

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pluto's a planet, always has been, end of story, goodbye.

[tsugomaru]

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The definition of a planet was a highly debated topic by top astronomers. No one is going to take your word above theirs, especially when you present no proof magnum. -.-

~Tsugomaru

[jewpinthethird]

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pluto's a planet, always has been, end of story, goodbye.

Earth's flat too.

[FishFishRevolution]

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Wait how can you have an opinion on something that's just been defined? It's a fact, not an opinion.

[Afrobean]

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then Pluto isn't even big enough to have moons orbit around it.

What?

A moon is just a natural satelite. It could be the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and it'd still be a moon. In fact, Pluto has two other smaller moons.

Everyone interested in the matter: springboard from here. You'd be surprised the things you don't know about Pluto.

[GuidoHunter]

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A moon is just a natural satelite.

Exactly. Nothing (of appreciable size, here) orbits Pluto. Charon (and Pluto itself) orbits a massless point in between the two.

What Vivi's saying is that Pluto doesn't have enough mass to have the center of orbit inside its own body.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Magnum13]

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I just think that the scientists can't make their minds up. I mean THEY were the ones who defined the planets as planets in the first place. They keep changing their own facts, not saying they're wrong, but they need to think of a solid answer to what makes fact, well, fact. By the way, I've never even heard of a "dwarf planet" all I've heard of is a dwarf star, and what are 3 differences between a planet and dwarf planet, and why is a dwarf planet not still considered a planet? It has the word planet in it.

[GuidoHunter]

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I mean THEY were the ones who defined the planets as planets in the first place.

Not really. There was no "definition" other than "that's a big rock in space orbiting our sun. Let's call it a planet." That's not standardized by any means, and it allows for things that shouldn't be considered planets to be considered planets and vice versa.

This is the first time that a strict definition of a planet has been set down.

They keep changing their own facts, not saying they're wrong,

Wrong.

They aren't changing any facts at all. Back then, we didn't know much about Pluto, so it indeed looked like a planet. Now we know that it shouldn't be considered one. They aren't saying that they were wrong because they were simply ignorant. There's nothing bad about that.

but they need to think of a solid answer to what makes fact, well, fact.

THAT'S WHAT THEY JUST DID!!!

And guess what. Pluto didn't meet all the criteria. Cry about it.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com