Poll: Pluto, is it still a planet?
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Pluto doesn't fit the deffinition of a planet, so its not. Are we not going to correct our mistakes just because it took us some time to realize we were wrong?
No it's not a planet. Everyone knows Pluto is a dog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(Disney)
It's a democratic system. The majority of the IAU members voted in favour of the definition that was adopted, so regardless of what individuals think, the official stance of the organisation responsible for such definitions is that Pluto falls into the category of dwarf planet.Maze1125 said:
Pluto never qualified as a planet in the first place. Scientists just thought it did for the longest time because it's tough to measure something thats thousands of miles away.
When it comes down to it, the only thing that makes Pluto different from other bodies in it's general area is it's size.
When it comes down to it, the only thing that makes Pluto different from other bodies in it's general area is it's size.
We've already covered the objective nature of definitions earlier in the thread.Maze1125 said:
As for whether a new vote could be called - yes, you're correct. It's unlikely to be, since in the long run it doesn't really matter, but it's perfectly possible. Other than the initial bickering, it is only a very small minority that are still unhappy with the outcome, and most of them are the people responsible for identifying the large KBOs like Eris, Sedna and such, since they wanted to be credited with finding planets rather than dwarf planets.
I never considered Pluto a planet. It never was a planet by any objective standard. It's too small, too far from the sun, its orbit is too elliptical and too inclined to the ecliptic.
And I'm amazed by the ignorance of basic astronomy in this thread. It's quite clear reading most of the posts that the author has no understanding of any of concepts involved in deciding what is and is not a planet. Disclaimer: That comment wasn't directed at people making informed arguments for Pluto as a planet, but at people who simply don't know what they're talking about.
And I'm amazed by the ignorance of basic astronomy in this thread. It's quite clear reading most of the posts that the author has no understanding of any of concepts involved in deciding what is and is not a planet. Disclaimer: That comment wasn't directed at people making informed arguments for Pluto as a planet, but at people who simply don't know what they're talking about.
No.Dr_Matt said:
My first comment was directed at someone else.
You decided that it was directed at you and decided to argue with me.
You now expect me to go read almost two hundred posts so I can have the back story to an argument that you started.
I'm not going to read huge amounts of someone else's argument just because you're too far up your own arse to have the common human courtesy to explain your point of view to someone you started an argument with.
If a rock orbits a larger rock it's a moon, if a rock orbits a star it's a planet. With me so far, science?
asteroids are also reffered to as "minor planets" and I'm not saying planets have to be rock, but it just so happens that Pluto isMaze1125 said:
