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Silly question - is Pluto "a planet" or not ???
perhaps a very silly question...
a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? |
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I understand that Pluto is smaller than the Moon. Perhaps the Moon should
be considered a planet. What would the Earth Moon combo be considered? Phyloe wrote in message ... perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? |
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I understand that Pluto is smaller than the Moon. Perhaps the Moon should
be considered a planet. What would the Earth Moon combo be considered? Phyloe wrote in message ... perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? |
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Bottom line, this is all a futile attempt to slap silly human labels
on celestial objects which are under no obligation to fall cleanly into any one of them. The only definitive statement is that both planets and moons are blobs of rock and/or gas. Rick "Phyloe" wrote in message ... I understand that Pluto is smaller than the Moon. Perhaps the Moon should be considered a planet. What would the Earth Moon combo be considered? Phyloe wrote in message ... perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? |
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Bottom line, this is all a futile attempt to slap silly human labels
on celestial objects which are under no obligation to fall cleanly into any one of them. The only definitive statement is that both planets and moons are blobs of rock and/or gas. Rick "Phyloe" wrote in message ... I understand that Pluto is smaller than the Moon. Perhaps the Moon should be considered a planet. What would the Earth Moon combo be considered? Phyloe wrote in message ... perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? |
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wrote in message ... perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? Regardless of what Astronomers say, the majority of people will still call it a planet. Perhaps the next generation will rename it. |
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wrote in message ... perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? Regardless of what Astronomers say, the majority of people will still call it a planet. Perhaps the next generation will rename it. |
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someone posted:
perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? According to the International Astronomical Union (the main official "naming" body), Pluto is still considered a planet. Clear skies to you. -- David W. Knisely Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/ ********************************************** * Attend the 10th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY * * July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir * * http://www.NebraskaStarParty.org * ********************************************** |
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someone posted:
perhaps a very silly question... a while ago, there was a move to downgrade the status of Pluto - from "planet" to "minor body" I was told today that it was now "definitive", and astronomers no longer call it a planet so, what *is* the current statue of Pluto ??? According to the International Astronomical Union (the main official "naming" body), Pluto is still considered a planet. Clear skies to you. -- David W. Knisely Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/ ********************************************** * Attend the 10th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY * * July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir * * http://www.NebraskaStarParty.org * ********************************************** |
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Pluto IS a planet. Maybe it's not that big of a planet but it be kind of
dumb & pointless to say otherwise when most people believe it is. |
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