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Solve : 384 new objects in our solar system? |
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Answer» As of October 1 of the year, they should also be considered planets or dwarf planets. Thus prompting the headline: Jerry Stone, from Spaceflight UK, has launched a campaign to reclassify Pluto, where frozen water has been DISCOVERED, as a full planet. Will this affect my lunar real estate values? I really am BOGGLED at how strongly people "fight" the reclassification of Pluto. Why do these same individuals not fight for Ceres to be considered a planet? For some time there were actually more than 9 planets in the Solar System until we realized the new "planets" we were discovering were actually Asteroids, and all orbited between Mars and Jupiter. it is especially silly to suggest that Pluto be "graduated" to a Planet because frozen water was discovered on it. Comets contain Frozen Water. Should they be planets too? Eris orbits around the same distance from the sun as Pluto. Is Eris a Planet? Why is nobody fighting Eris' classification as a Dwarf Planet? Why does nobody say "I don't care what dem eggheads sez, Eris will always be a planet to me"? The redefinition gave Planet a clear definition. It changed from "Wanderer" to "a Celestial Body which orbits the sun, has sufficient mass to reach hydrostatic equilibrium, and has cleared the neighborhood around it's orbit." that seems a lot more useful. When I saw the thread title I thought "What? Geek-9pm is a creationist". I wonder if the people who resist Pluto's classification do so partly because they are touched by the story of the little English girl who won the competition to supply a name for the new "planet". Also whether in this secular age, astronomy replaces theology and, just as in the Middle Ages, orthodox minds resist change. The Pluto people are having a hard time with the PR stuff. Just as Pluto was getting into the news, along comes a wandering star that almost hist the earth. OK, it was an asteroid. About that DOOMSDAY asteroid that was SUPPOSED to hit Earth today.. [attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 11, 2015, 01:55:20 AM I wonder if the people who resist Pluto's classification do so partly because they are touched by the story of the little English girl who won the competition to supply a name for the new "planet" I THINK that is giving too much credit. They probably associate it with Mickey's Dog, rather than the mythological God of the underworld. |
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