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Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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by i_want_to_flirt_with_drunk_sango
on 2006-08-13 23:14:39 (edited 2006-08-13 23:20:11)
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I don't think this has as much a useful application as these scientists seem to make an issue out of it, but it's interesting to read and fun to think about: ARTICLE ON PLUTO I first heard about this debate back when I read books on astronomy as a young boy, but I had no idea scientists were going to take it to this level! So, obviously, I'd really like to hear your oppinions on this! IMO? Yes, Pluto is a planet! It circles the sun, albeit akwardly, and even has a moon! I like the idea of classifying planets by type, thus allowing Pluto to be a planet still. Disagree? Well, if there was only one known gaseous planet, like Jupiter, I'm sure there would be a debate about whether that was a planet too! I'd say we problaby then call Jupiter the Solar Gas Remant or the like. However, I may have this view only because it is very hard to accept Pluto not being a planet; I've believed that notion my whole life! Also, regarding the article, I can easily accept "Xena" being the tenth planet, but I read long ago that there already was a tenth body being considered, "Carla", or "Planet X" (no, not like the Godzilla Movies! LOL). Anyone remember this? However, this debate opens up this old can of worms: should all orbitting/large celestial bodies be considered planets? To be honest, I don't have an answer yet for that!It makes me wonder, should a planet than be classified by the commonly used definition that "if it is big and circles the sun, it's a planet", but also include the future notion that we may, and problaby will, use these celestial bodies for space exploration someday - space stations/colonies and the like? This may give the definition of a planet some useful purpose then! |
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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Why do we have to document every newly discovered thing orbiting the sun as a planet or not. If you classify planets by type, then there will inevitably be future arguments on what new planets should be classified as. Why not just stick with the 9 we have, and leave the Kuiper Belt as a belt and not broken up into planets and asteroids.
Wise Man says: "Take a dog off its leash and it will wander."
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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on 2006-08-14 14:16:41 |
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it doesn't really matter what we label it, to me. if i had discovered it, i would want my work to be seen as important, and the discovery of a planet it important indeed. if you ask me, pluto is a planetoid at best, because it shares more in common with other Kuiper Belt objects than it does with the inner planets. 
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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by HongyNgyWongy
on 2006-08-14 19:41:34
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i'd agree wit Mr. Gendou, but really, i dont think it will make a huge dent in the book if pluto isn't cosidered a planet, since we dont even know much about it... technology will eventually inprove, we will be able to see galixicies (spelling) away in a few decades... new plantets will be found, new things will happen... but all we can do rite now is sit and wait till scientists find new things and show it to everyone... unless you wana be the scientist >.>
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Yeah, it doesn't really matter what we call it... Pluto won't change colour, orbit, nor will cause a terrible flood in Earth just cause we reclassified him from "planet" to "planetoid" or whatever. I think we just don't want to see Pluto demoted to "planetoid" cause he has a Sailor and all that.
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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by Reichstadt
on 2006-08-15 08:25:21 (edited 2006-08-15 08:25:35)
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It will be better if they decided already right now whether it is a planet or not then they stop adding more planets in the solar system. Like what could be the real criteria to become a planet anyway? Is it size, shape (spherical), orbit, distance and description (made of rock).
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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on 2006-08-15 08:28:20 |
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but the scientsit cannot create a criteria about it that is a debate for years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  --> |
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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on 2006-08-15 10:44:16 |
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what is important in science is using evidence to predict the outcome of experiments, not quibbling about labels. what you call a planet, i call a inter-solar starlight. you say tomAEto i say tomAWto. this "debate" is about fame and fortune. lets debate about more interesting things like, why is it that spaghetti sometimes breaks into two pieces when you bend it, and sometimes breaks into more other times when you bend it the very same way!
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Re: Should Pluto be considered a planet?
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Spaghetti are created equal, each one has its own personality and characteristics. And do you seriously say tomAWto
Wise Man says: "Take a dog off its leash and it will wander."
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