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Should Pluto be a planet after all ?

By T.K. Randall
November 21, 2010 · Comment icon 27 comments

Image Credit: NASA
Pluto may have been demoted but it turns out it is the largest body in the outer solar system after all.
Back in 2006 Pluto was demoted to the status of "dwarf planet" following the discovery of other objects in the outer solar system such as Eris which was thought to be larger. Now it appears that Eris isn't larger than Pluto at all - so should Pluto now regain its original status as a planet ?
Now that Pluto may have regained its status as the largest object in the outer solar system, should astronomers consider giving it back another former title — that of full-fledged planet?


Source: Space.com | Comments (27)




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Comment icon #18 Posted by danielost 14 years ago
Give Pluto its due!!! i agree, but then i remember that ceres, when first found was called a planet, then they changed it to an astroid, and now it is a dwarf planet. soit has become a planet again.
Comment icon #19 Posted by out there 14 years ago
i agree, but then i remember that ceres, when first found was called a planet, then they changed it to an astroid, and now it is a dwarf planet. soit has become a planet again. Hello All Maybe all this discussion in anticipation of what Pluto is or is not could be missing the point. Check out this site http://www.spacenow.com.br/ I don't know,it sure sounds too fantastic,but they apparently discovered the means to visualize EVERYTHING in the Solar System.If Pluto has a Gigantic mountain as they show,it will surely stirr up astrophysical concepts.
Comment icon #20 Posted by Champagne Supernova 14 years ago
Does that mean Nibiru is classed as a dwarf planet too????
Comment icon #21 Posted by ShadowSot 14 years ago
Does that mean Nibiru is classed as a dwarf planet too???? No, it's still solidly under "Fictional".
Comment icon #22 Posted by Conspiracy 14 years ago
i grew up learning pluto was a planet, therefor to me it will always be one
Comment icon #23 Posted by danielost 14 years ago
i grew up learning pluto was a planet, therefor to me it will always be one the nine planets website says it doesnt matter since pluto is still there. but i agree,
Comment icon #24 Posted by Nordmann61 14 years ago
Imo pluto should have just been left as it was but it dont matter really cos pluto is still there and will be for eons to come, dwarf or full status, Actually, in the perihelium, 4,41 Billion km, Pluto is closer to Uranus than to Neptune, which Kuiper belt object can brag about that? All the Kuiper belt objects have their whole orbit well outside the Solar system. Pluto is on the inside, for most of its orbit. The only criteria that Pluto did not meet for being classified as a Planet, was the criteria that require a planet to have "cleared its path", meaning it is dominating its orbit with no ... [More]
Comment icon #25 Posted by out there 14 years ago
To whoever overlooked my previous post, here it is http://www.spacenow.com.br/ Now they just added a never before seen moon of Uranus,Sycorax. Acording to the site,Pluto has a gigantic mountain and thay say they found two more.
Comment icon #26 Posted by KillCarneyKlansman 14 years ago
The Real Pluto? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1336540/Massive-dark-object-lurking-edge-solar-hurling-comets-Earth.html
Comment icon #27 Posted by iluthradanar 14 years ago
Does anyone know if the text books have been amended to say Sol system is an 8 planet system?


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