Poll: Pluto, is it still a planet?

[BRex21]

Okay, this its not a planet its a dwarf planet thing makes sense, but only if you really know about astronomy, and in our education system Pluto should still be considered a planet.
What they dont tell you is that it is part of an asteroid belt meaning it does not meet all the qualifications of a planet.
however it only fails to qualify because of the things around it and i say that this is racist, so i vote yes, Pluto is still a planet.

 

[Emissary Laito]

Necros are fun.

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Why are you two quoting someone who got banned way back in 2009?

OT: Its not a full planet.
I cant find a single convincing argument from people who say it is one. To me it all seems to be a case of "I was taught it was one and I don't want to change".

 

[andy25100]

it should be a fully-fledged planet again for old times sake, not a dwarf planet and if that's not enough ask pluto on his response, http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/pluto.jpg

 

[Agayek]

If the scientists say it's not a planet, then it's not a planet. It's not like this is a subjective thing.

Basically this. If it doesn't fit the scientific definition of "planet" (and who would know that better than the official astronomical society that decides whether or not something is a planet), then it's not a planet.

There's really no room for confusion or conflicting opinions here.

 

[Stammer]

Does it orbit around the sun? Yes. Besides rejecting Pluto as a planet will also be rejecting the mystical facts about it like its Hades planet (I wonder if he's piss that the scientist declares it not a planet.).

Halley's Comet and many other comets orbit around the Sun. Not to mention every asteroid in the asteroid field.

Just because something orbits a star doesn't automatically make it a planet. We have a lot of examples of things that orbit the sun that aren't planets.

 

[Miffmoff]

If it were a planet it would travel on the same plane of space that all the other planets travel along and it wouldn't travel within Neptune's orbit either, its orbit would take the same shape. Its a captured comet from the Kuiper Belt

 

[DragonBorn96]

i should know this, witha qualification in astronomy >-<.I think its at least a Dwarf Planet, but a planet none the less. Well what do you class as a planet. I class something a planet if it has a celestial body in its orbit. Except stars, cuz i know they're not planets.

 

[Emissary Laito]

Okay, this its not a planet its a dwarf planet thing makes sense, but only if you really know about astronomy, and in our education system Pluto should still be considered a planet.
What they dont tell you is that it is part of an asteroid belt meaning it does not meet all the qualifications of a planet.
however it only fails to qualify because of the things around it and i say that this is racist, so i vote yes, Pluto is still a planet.

So kids should be taught incorrectly?
Man, the education system is bad enough already >.>

And if it was a planet, it would have cleared away all the things around it. So... more a case of losing its status because its incompetent then because of racism

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[higgs20]

If the scientists say it's not a planet, then it's not a planet. It's not like this is a subjective thing.

scientists say a lot of things that are subjective bullshit dressed up as facts. admittedly this isn't one of those things.

 

[DanielPowell33]

Well.... thanks for necroing my thread, and reminding me that I used to make low content OP's and type like I was texting.

 

[Woodsey]

It's now classified as a dwarf planet, I believe.

 

[FamoFunk]

Pluto is still a Planet to me.
It's what I was taught by my parents and school.
And I didn't know until a long fucking time after it wasn't classed as a planet anymore that it wasn't a planet.

Infact, it was that Facebook group "I remember when Pluto was a planet" or something that drew my attention to it not being a planet anymore.

 

[Emissary Laito]

i should know this, witha qualification in astronomy >-<.I think its at least a Dwarf Planet, but a planet none the less. Well what do you class as a planet. I class something a planet if it has a celestial body in its orbit. Except stars, cuz i know they're not planets.

Your profile says you're 14.
You want to tell me more about this qualification?

;-]

 

[DragonBorn96]

I do have one, a teacher selected the top students in science at the time. This was at the start of my Year 9. We went through it for a year, for it was proper course, coursework and all. Took my exam July of last year, passed with a B and became the youngest person in our school ever to achieve a qualification in Astronomy ^-^ Edit: This was meant to be quoted to the post above me

 

[katsumoto03]

Just because a bunch of scientist wasted time arguing about somthing stupid doesn't mean im going to change what I learned as a child.

So you choose to live in willing ignorance because, hey, that's what you learned as a kid?

Honestly, I'll have to agree with the people who are actually qualified to decide on this. It's about a fifth of the size of our moon. That's far to small to be considered a planet. It would be like considering New York it's own nation.
[sub]It's no planet, it's a space station...[/sub]

Yes, yes. I'm sure there's stuff to say about Pluto's atmosphere and living conditions but I understand little about that.

 

[DeusEternus]

If the scientists say it's not a planet, then it's not a planet. It's not like this is a subjective thing.

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That. The formal definition has changed, so it is not called a planet anymore. The object itself has remained unchanged, so what word you use to refer to it is hardly consequential. I prefer to call it "Cake".

 

[Emissary Laito]

Well.... thanks for necroing my thread, and reminding me that I used to make low content OP's and type like I was texting.

We live and we learn.
You could edit it to be more detailed if it bothers you.

If it were a planet it would travel on the same plane of space that all the other planets travel along and it wouldn't travel within Neptune's orbit either, its orbit would take the same shape. Its a captured comet from the Kuiper Belt

This just made me think of something.
Pluto travels within Neptune's orbit, so since Neptune hasn't cleared it, it isn't a planet either.
Shame, I always liked Neptune. It was pretty.

Down to seven now ^^
This is a joke if you cant tell.

 

[lacktheknack]

I find it hilarious how many people are saying "BUT I LEARNED THAT IT WAS!"

It isn't, and as a five-year-old, I kept annoying my kindergarten teacher by asking why it was a planet if it was smaller than our moon. It just makes sense that it isn't.

Besides, it doesn't fit the definition of a planet: "A planet is a celestial body that controls its orbit by taking up the majority (80%+?) of the mass within it". Pluto doesn't fit.

 

[lacktheknack]

i should know this, witha qualification in astronomy >-<.I think its at least a Dwarf Planet, but a planet none the less. Well what do you class as a planet. I class something a planet if it has a celestial body in its orbit. Except stars, cuz i know they're not planets.

It doesn't work that way. A planet is a celestial body that has taken control of its orbit around a star (see my other post). Pluto is only a dwarf planet, not a major one.

And a dwarf planet is not the same as a major planet. There are thousands/millions of dwarf planets.

 

[DragonBorn96]

i should know this, witha qualification in astronomy >-<.I think its at least a Dwarf Planet, but a planet none the less. Well what do you class as a planet. I class something a planet if it has a celestial body in its orbit. Except stars, cuz i know they're not planets.

It doesn't work that way. A planet is a celestial body that has taken control of its orbit around a star (see my other post). Pluto is only a dwarf planet, not a major one.

And a dwarf planet is not the same as a major planet. There are thousands/millions of dwarf planets.

I'm well aware of that, thats why I said thats what "I" class as a planet.