Poll: Pluto, is it still a planet?

[Deef]

Not a planet. It's just not special enough.

 

[Kriptonite]

I consider Pluto to still be a planet even though it isn't. I got the SnorgTee sweatshirt that says. "It's okay Pluto, I'm not a Planet either."

Spoiler: Click here to see the sweatshirt I got

 

[XJ-0461]

You're almost all mistaken. Pluto is Mickey Mouse's pet dog.

In all seriousnes, I think it is a planet, even if the experts don't.

 

[wootsniper]

Wait, it's classified as a dwarf planet? Do the scientists know that due to elementary level grammar that it's still a planet?

Adj: Dwarf, N: planet.

Anyway, who cares? It's a giant rock in space. Fun to blow up, and it looks shiny in the sky, but that's it.

just because it has the word "planet" in it, doesn't mean its a planet :S

 

[wootsniper]

"A planet is defined at something that has sufficient mass as to be roughly spherical in shape"
I dont remember who said it but it's quite interesting i didn't know that

 

[Cakes]

This isn't really a matter of opinion. If we classed Pluto as a planet there's a shit-ton of other space debris we'd have to call planets too.

 

[ArcWinter]

Wait, it's classified as a dwarf planet? Do the scientists know that due to elementary level grammar that it's still a planet?

Adj: Dwarf, N: planet.

Anyway, who cares? It's a giant rock in space. Fun to blow up, and it looks shiny in the sky, but that's it.

just because it has the word "planet" in it, doesn't mean its a planet :S

True. But what I'm saying is, make up a better name for it! Jeez, you can add one word to change the whole meaning, but why not make up your own word?

"Pluto is now classifed as a level 3 Skaznift, and will be treated as such in the scientific community."
I mean, they made up quarks, and that isn't even fun to say.

 

[Dr_Matt]

While it is true that there are rocks bigger than Pluto in our solar system, none of them have stable orbit or a moon. Hence they are, and were not considered to be "planets". And since Pluto possesses bot of those qualities, it deserves that proud name (planet) in my humble opinion.

Eris is bigger than Pluto, it has a stable orbit, and has a satellite (and no, it isn't a planet).

"A planet is defined at something that has sufficient mass as to be roughly spherical in shape"
I dont remember who said it but it's quite interesting i didn't know that

Same applies to dwarf planets. To be a planet, the body must also be in orbit around a parent star, and gravitationally dominate its orbital environment. If this last point is not true, and the body is not a satellite, then it is a dwarf planet.

 

[Azraellod]

no. it's been declared officially not a planet, and if it was one we would need to declare a lot of other things around the same size as it in the solar system also planets.

 

[Xanadu84]

This is simple. In scientific parlance, it is not a planet. In common parlance, it is. Kind of like how scientifically, tomato is a fruit, but in common language, it's a vegetable. Different lingo for different circumstances, that's all this is.

 

[anNIALLator]

If you consider Pluto a planet, then you're leaving out Ceres, Haumea, Makemake etc. Pluto just does not belong in the same category as the other 8.

 

[DracoSuave]

I think that even though Pluto isn't big enough or doesn't dominate its gravitational field doesn't mean that should take away its planet-dum.

Congrats. You just called our Moon a planet.

Look up at your night sky, that white sliver of the waning Planet as it goes about its orbit...

 

[The Black Adder]

I always thought that Pluto was a KBO. Kuiper belt object for those that are unaware.

 

[Dr_Matt]

I always thought that Pluto was a KBO. Kuiper belt object for those that are unaware.

KBO is more of a short-hand - it doesn't really have an official definition.

 

[TehCookie]

Scientifically no, in my heart and mind yes.

 

[pffh]

The definition of a planet is
1) Orbits a sun
2) Is nearly round
3) Has cleared the debris around it's orbit.

Pluto is only two of those things so it's not a planet.

The definition of a dwarf planet on the other hand is
1) Orbits a sun
2) Is nearly round
3) Has not cleared the debris around it's orbit
4) Is not a satellite.

Pluto fulfills all those requirements so it's a dwarf planet.

 

[Baldry]

It is but its classed as a dwarf planet for obviously being to small to be a proper planet but it is a planet, comprenda.

 

[Naeo]

I say it's a planet since it was voted as not a planet in a non-announced impromptu vote after the conference had ended and 90% of the people had gone home.

Had the majority who attended been informed of it and voted it as not a planet, I wouldn't call it a planet.

However, if Pluto is a planet, Eris is a planet as well.

 

[Quadtrix]

Pluto will always be a planet in my eyes.