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Pluto: Do you think it should be called a planet?


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Just curious... just heard that Pluto is no longer considerd a planet, b/c it crosses the obit of an established planet (Neptune)...I am not shure, personally.

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Yeah, in grade school I was (and still am) used to Pluto being called a planet. So, what's the point of changing it now.

It really doesn't matter but I vote yes.

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(I guess america was like 1 day earlier in getting know about this thing then for me..)

I had heard that on a scientist-meeting about what should be called a planet, they said that it's too small for being that..

but.. we have all called Pluto a Planet for a long time now.. why just suddenly leave it from being one?

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Technically along with two other planets it is still called a dwarf planet. So my vote is neutral...

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Yes, it should be a planet. I mean, it has been a planet for many years- why change it now? There's no need to change the name or anything, Planet X? Pluto should stay the way it has.

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*Agrees with ESF* Pluto should stay as a planet since its been called a planet for a long time

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due to the fact that pluto doesnt fit into either the terrestrial catagory or the jovian, it has always been a source of hot debate. unfortunatly due to plutos proximity to the kuiper belt, recently descovered, pluto has also been shown up by larger objects within the Belt. along with 140,300 Kuiper Belt Objects of the same or close size, it has been renamed a "dwarf planetoid" and been added as the first of its "new" catagory. the Director of NASA stated in a recent media cast "pluto will alwas, in our hearts, remain a planet, but science must always find new ways of explaining old things..."

in other words..nothings changed

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It doesn't matter what it's called' date=' because it's still a big rock orbiting our sun.[/quote']

That is true.....there where like 30 things they where looking at, or somthin....and science goes on.....

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  • 4 weeks later...

It's a demoted Planet, it's still a planet, but it's not a full fledged planet, (Ironically) "Daily Planet" did an article on the subject and it's quite interesting actually...

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