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Post by HuntersVengeance on Aug 25, 2006 10:23:18 GMT -5
I have read in the newspaper today that pluto is no longer considered a planet. What are your thoughts on this?
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Post by valderra on Aug 25, 2006 11:05:03 GMT -5
I have read in the newspaper today that pluto is no longer considered a planet. What are your thoughts on this? I discussed this on another board. I think it's quite outrages. It's like saying: Oh... the sun isn't quite big enough or large enough or bright enough to be called a star, so lets call it a burning oil lamp, or something. This is the site where I first read about the forthcoming conference that was to decide whether or not to call Pluto a planet: Link removed by Valderra - page doesn't exist anymore And this is the site where they say that it has been decided on not calling Pluto a planet: news.yahoo.com/fc/science/astronomy_and_space
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Post by xkamelx on Aug 25, 2006 18:57:56 GMT -5
To me it is a planet. It revolved around the sun, and has enough mass for gravity to shape it into a sphere.
I think part of the logic behind their decision was if Pluto was a planet, then our moon and all moons would have to be a planet. WRONG. Moons revolve around another body, a planet, they do not directly revolve around the sun on their own; they follow the planet.
In any event, Pluto is a planet to me.
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Post by mechmaster1 on Aug 26, 2006 4:09:38 GMT -5
I have read in the newspaper today that pluto is no longer considered a planet. What are your thoughts on this? I discussed this on another board. I think it's quite outrages. It's like saying: Oh... the sun isn't quite big enough or large enough or bright enough to be called a star, so lets call it a burning oil lamp, or something. This is the site where I first read about the forthcoming conference that was to decide whether or not to call Pluto a planet: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060813/ap_on_sc/planet_spatAnd this is the site where they say that it has been decided on not calling Pluto a planet: news.yahoo.com/fc/science/astronomy_and_spaceI would never have thought that in my wildest dreams that Pluto would no longer be considered a planet. Personally, I think that it still is a planet. Furthermore, scientists have said that there may be other celestial bodies out there that could be part of our solar system as well. What do you all think of this?
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Post by valderra on Aug 26, 2006 5:44:55 GMT -5
Furthermore, scientists have said that there may be other celestial bodies out there that could be part of our solar system as well. What do you all think of this? There is no reason why this shouldn't be true. Just because we don't have the technology to investigate further and a little closer to what's at the end of our solar system, doesn't mean that only those bodies that have been found so far, are the only ones there.
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Post by Imsety on Aug 28, 2006 10:17:13 GMT -5
Pluto is a dwarf planet now. I guess it's because of its irreguliar orbit.
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Post by valderra on Aug 28, 2006 10:36:27 GMT -5
Pluto is a dwarf planet now. I guess it's because of its irreguliar orbit. I don't think that is the case, more the fact that Pluto doesn't 'stand alone' when orbiting the Sun. Here is another interesting site that tells you the 3 new categories they have given the bodies in our solar system: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/
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Post by Imsety on Aug 28, 2006 10:48:45 GMT -5
I was wrong, ya, ya. But there's the definition. So, what does "clear the neighbourhood" mean?
Both are from wikipedia.org. Yes, wikipedia is reputable.
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Post by lostintranslation on Aug 29, 2006 13:44:12 GMT -5
i think that pluto is still has to be a planet. they are not considering including planet x,y and z further out so why not include one further in that actually HAS a definite orbit?
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Post by tulin on Sept 25, 2006 3:16:24 GMT -5
But if it isn't a planet why call it a "drawf planet"? Now I have to make a new ryme. It was Mum's Early Morning Jam Sandwhich's Upsets Nice People.
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Post by Spinelli on Sept 30, 2006 21:30:31 GMT -5
I think that Pluto has been in the line up for too long for it to just be taken out. So it's small... my friend is small and she has one nasty kick... still have bruises. I always wondered about Pluto though. It has an irregular orbit, but it goes into Neptune's. Then Pluto's own moon is almost the same size... Are Pluto and it's moon two moons of Neptune? This is probably an absolutely absurd comment but I'm just guessing... I have only a mustard see of astronomy in my head.
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Post by alyeska on Oct 6, 2006 20:49:24 GMT -5
To me, Pluto will always be a planet. I don't care if the astronomer people say it is or not, Pluto has been and always will be a planet to me.
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Post by FantasyLover on Oct 12, 2006 1:38:27 GMT -5
All those first graders who hated having to memorize that ninth planet a few weeks ago are going to be awfully angry.
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Post by Dark Star on Oct 12, 2006 14:03:39 GMT -5
If Pluto was considered a planet before, then it's still a planet. If it revolves around the sun, and is lined up with the other 8 planets, then it's a planet.
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Post by xkamelx on Oct 12, 2006 22:26:49 GMT -5
If Pluto was considered a planet before, then it's still a planet. If it revolves around the sun, and is lined up with the other 8 planets, then it's a planet. I think their reasoning is because there are thousands of other Pluto sized objects in the Kuiper Belt, some even larger the Pluto. Also Pluto passes directly through the belt.
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