"Will anyone miss the solar system's beloved underdog?"

Will anyone miss the solar system's beloved underdog?
Poor old Pluto. Stripped of its planetary status, it likely will be
banished to the dark corners of academia and pop culture.
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060...5333-3478r.htm

wrote:
Will anyone miss the solar system's beloved underdog?
Poor old Pluto. Stripped of its planetary status, it likely will be
banished to the dark corners of academia and pop culture.
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060...5333-3478r.htm

Doubtful. It had 70 years with full planet status and no one can take
that away. What happened is that all the sudden its cousins started to
show up due to better technology. They have always been there! We have
been here before with the asteroids. When people understand the
asteroids and the they way that they are clasified, then understanding
the latest with Pluto makes a whole lot more sense and is less
bothersome to boot.

Eric

The asteroids dont have satellites!

Eric Chomko wrote:

wrote:
Will anyone miss the solar system's beloved underdog?
Poor old Pluto. Stripped of its planetary status, it likely will be
banished to the dark corners of academia and pop culture.
at http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20060...5333-3478r.htm

Doubtful. It had 70 years with full planet status and no one can take
that away. What happened is that all the sudden its cousins started to
show up due to better technology. They have always been there! We have
been here before with the asteroids. When people understand the
asteroids and the they way that they are clasified, then understanding
the latest with Pluto makes a whole lot more sense and is less
bothersome to boot.

Eric

"W" == Wally writes:

W The asteroids dont have satellites!

You mean like 243 Ida and 45 Eugenia don't?


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Wally wrote:
The asteroids dont have satellites!

Neither do Mercury and Venus.

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On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:19:07 +0100, Wally wrote:

The asteroids dont have satellites!

I don't know the latest number but by 2003, 31 asteroidal bodies were
known to have satellites.Of these 9 are in the main belt, 1 in Jupiter's
orbit, 7 in Kuiper Belt, and 14 small Earth-crossers. Some of them were
possibly binaries of similar sizes rather than a small one orbiting a big
one.

See: Tytell D, Big binary asteroid, Sky & Telescope (January) 2003; 105
(1):28

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