naynesh Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 some people think that pluto is not a planet but an astroid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomegamer Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 What? Who thinks it is an asteroid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbone Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Well that would be one big asteroid? Well it isnt a planet anymore.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelaxRelapse Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Well It's not a planet, and It's not an asteroid... It's something I can't think of right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod91 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Pluto (IPA: /ˈplu.toʊ/), also designated 134340 Pluto, is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Originally considered a planet, Pluto has since been recognised as the largest member of a distinct region called the Kuiper belt. Edit: Source is Wikipedia. It stopped being a planet about last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karath Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 It changes all the time... they'll change again and again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naynesh Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Exactly i think it is a asteroid because it near /in kupiers belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 The reason it stopped being a planet is because they are so rocks in the belt which are bigger than it. This means that if you counted it there would be lots of new planets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafia-thug Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 All i know is that pluto is not a planet it was too small. So it's like a star now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everlast7 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 It's due to the definition of a planet that it isn't one... Why does it matter..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misty Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I dont know. Its near a belt, but at the same time i think its a planet... i just got a feeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Tiger Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I think Pluto should be a planet based on the fact that somebody found it around 50 years ago using technology of that era. Sure, we can find Pluto like objects now in a similar area of the solar system but our technology has advanced as well. So, based on historical reasons, it should be an "honorary planet". (not too scientific an explanation, I know) Realistically, they should teach all "planet like objects" to students and alike. In general, a basic knowledge of the Solar System has consisted of knowing the planets, knowing of the asteroid belt, and knowing of various moons existing. That basis of knowledge should be expanded by adding "knowledge of various dwarf planets" (or whatever they are called right now). You should be required to name one (or two?) dwarf planets of which Pluto is one of them. That way, the known objects in the solar system (public knowledge) could expand to include some of these new objects. However, if the dwarf planets aren't really covered, then the solar system turns into 8 planets, some asteroids, and some moons around a star... and that's it. I suppose it doesn't really matter though. Pluto isn't exactly going anywhere and isn't exactly caring about what jibberish is being discussed on the third planet. Changing the definition of Pluto certainly made some rather upset scientist become a more relaxed individual... while the rest of us just accepted this new fact. Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 It doesn't really matter, only one or two probes have ever seen pluto. Humans won't even see it face to face for decades to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxxyD Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I still remember all my little "learning aids" from elementary school with the pretty pictures of all the planets... and pluto was always my favorite. To be honest, it kind of irritates me that everybody made such a big deal about such a technical classification. What kind of difference does it make to de-planetize it? Yes, I'm sure it has something to do with personal fame, e.g. the fame of the person responsible for the reclassification... but it's just so irritating. To me, pluto has always been a planet, and it always will be. I might even make a t-shirt that says something like that, just because I care about poor pluto that much. Yeah, I know. I'm weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 its a mini planent so their i have been to many planetairums and they say its a planet. Sorry for my spelling im Diclexic(if thats how you spell it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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