09 Sep 2018, 10:54 pm
Astronomers claim Pluto should be a planet based on new research
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More than a decade after it was demoted, the debate over whether Pluto is a planet has been reignited by a new study.
New research from the University of Central Florida in Orlando claims the reason Pluto lost its planet status is "not valid".
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in its orbit, the Daily Mail reports.
New research from the University of Central Florida in Orlando claims the reason Pluto lost its planet status is "not valid".
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in its orbit, the Daily Mail reports.
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The new Florida study reviewed scientific literature from the past 200 years and found only one publication - from 1802 - that agreed with the IAU definition. Photo / 123RF
I've always followed the traditional view that Pluto is a planet and along with (I think) most people I rejected the "demotion" of Pluto by unelected perps.
Finally, vindication is at hand!
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10 Sep 2018, 1:34 am
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10 Sep 2018, 5:02 am
naturalplastic wrote:
Don't know which side to take.
According to one faction you have to demote Pluto, and say that there are eight planets. But if you go by the other faction then you reinstate Pluto, but then you have to promote 110 other objects in the solar system to being planets. Cant do that.
According to one faction you have to demote Pluto, and say that there are eight planets. But if you go by the other faction then you reinstate Pluto, but then you have to promote 110 other objects in the solar system to being planets. Cant do that.
Don’t forget you can also do what people do all the time for the sake of tribal loyalty: you can be inconsistent and screw science!
10 Sep 2018, 6:39 am
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10 Sep 2018, 2:51 pm
We can always define planet this way:
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A planet is a celestial body that either
(a) is in orbit around the Sun,
(b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and
(c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit,
or
(a) is Pluto.
(a) is in orbit around the Sun,
(b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and
(c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit,
or
(a) is Pluto.
There! The familiar nine-planet list kids learned at school between 1930 and 2006 is back, because we can, and because lay people like annoying scientists!
10 Sep 2018, 5:11 pm
10 Sep 2018, 5:16 pm
naturalplastic wrote:
Don't know which side to take.
According to one faction you have to demote Pluto, and say that there are eight planets. But if you go by the other faction then you reinstate Pluto, but then you have to promote 110 other objects in the solar system to being planets. Cant do that.
Pluto is an odd object.
On one hand its more subservient to another body (Neptune) then are any of the other eight planets. But on the other hand its more dominant than any of the other eight planets relative to its tiny size. Its a slave that owns its own slaves.
Pluto is barely above a moon of Neptune. Their orbits cross and its influenced by Nepture.
But on the other hand Pluto has four moons of its own. Which is shocking because Pluto is slightly smaller than the Earths moon, and yet it has four bodies orbiting it itself.
According to one faction you have to demote Pluto, and say that there are eight planets. But if you go by the other faction then you reinstate Pluto, but then you have to promote 110 other objects in the solar system to being planets. Cant do that.
Pluto is an odd object.
On one hand its more subservient to another body (Neptune) then are any of the other eight planets. But on the other hand its more dominant than any of the other eight planets relative to its tiny size. Its a slave that owns its own slaves.
Pluto is barely above a moon of Neptune. Their orbits cross and its influenced by Nepture.
But on the other hand Pluto has four moons of its own. Which is shocking because Pluto is slightly smaller than the Earths moon, and yet it has four bodies orbiting it itself.
So Pluto is a "switch". It can be either dominant, or submissive. The most kinky of the planets.
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