Comments on: Pluto is not a planet but Neptune is?

By: Aurogra

Aurogra — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:02:42 +0000

To down grade it to a dwarf planet is crazy we all know it is a small planet, maybe just a ball of rock and ice but non the less a planet people!

By: Dillyn Winn

Dillyn Winn — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:01:38 +0000

People don’t seem to be understanding this, so I’ll actually give you a good answer. It’s not that Pluto crosses paths with Neptune, it’s that Pluto is in the Kuiper Belt and it’s orbiting path, or “neighborhood”, is riddled with asteroids and comets. Also, yes, this definition was meant only for our solar system. A sun is a star that has orbiting planets, and our sun’s name is Sol. Other solar systems have suns. Also, the Solar System, doesn’t mean OUR solar system unless you’re talking as if you want it to mean that. Other solar systems are the solar systems of their areas.

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Life Sayings: ARGUMENTS | Life Sayings — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:07:54 +0000

[...] blogwaffe » Pluto is not a planet but Neptune is? – Today’s IAU vote reduced the solar system’s planet count to eight. No, Pluto has not been forcibly removed from orbit for bad behavior, it has merely been demoted; Pluto has been designated a “dwarf planet” since it fails to meet the … [...]

By: Pluto Not A Planet Debate Rages On « The Pig Has A Curly Tail

Pluto Not A Planet Debate Rages On « The Pig Has A Curly Tail — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:46:45 +0000

[...] I think it is a horribly bad idea for Pluto not being a planet. I so totally think it is a dumb idea that Pluto is not a planet. The scientist people that… http://www.blogwaffe.com/2006/08/24/417 [...]

By: insherah

insherah — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:57:42 +0000

is it a planet i have no idea!!

By: Red Harold

Red Harold — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:19:05 +0000

Let’s assume sometime in the next few centuries some large objects fly into our solar system and by sheer chance take up various residences in sharply oval orbits that cross the orbits of Venus, Earth and Mars without actually ever becoming a threat to them in the next hundred thousand years or so. Congratulations, Earth will no longer be considered a planet.

It’s also entirely possible that as our ability to see further into space improves we spot solar systems with Uranus-sized objects criss-crossing each other’s path 180 degrees apart on differently shaped orbits. Hmm. No planets there.

Heck, an object has to be spherical AND have a clear orbit to even qualify as a DWARF planet. If we find an object of earth-sized mass that somehow holds the shape of a peanut and it’s orbit isn’t quite clear, what do we call THAT? A very large asteroid?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:10:48 +0000

Neptune is bigger than everything else that orbits that far from the Sun. Pluto isn’t. So Neptune is a planet but Pluto is not.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:26:11 +0000

Why IS PLUTO NOT A PLANET I DON’T GET IT

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:49:26 +0000

Here’s my argument against Pluto’s planetiness (mostly in jest):

http://stuthewise.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/pluto-is-not-a-planet-stus-argument/

My argument does not take any account of the rules set forth by the scientific community because, well, I don’t care about their rules. Who says that if I jump up, I have to come back down? I hereby defy them all!

By: ddddd

ddddd — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:20:40 +0000

pluto is a celestial body