Monday, August 28, 2006

Pluto Deposed! The International Astrophysical Union has demoted Pluto from the status of "planet" to that of a mere "dwarf planet".  How sad, too bad -- but what of it?  It's not like Pluto loses its retirement plan, after all.  It was, and remains, an iceball floating around out there in the depths of the solar system, accompanied by its sad coterie of fellow iceballs Charon, Nix and Hydra (all so-called "moons" of Pluto discovered in 1978 (Charon) and 2005 (Nix and Hydra).  See this link for a family photo of the group (taken by the Hubble space telescope). So now we only have 8 planets in the Solar System!  Questions on astronomy tests must be revised slightly, of course, but the ultimate effect of Pluto's demotion is minor and cleans up at least one sticky question, which is why bodies such as earth's moon and UB-313, which are larger than Pluto, aren't to be considered planets, too.  It neatens up the Solar System and I, at least, say "good riddance" to planet Pluto.  I shan't miss the old iceball. 8/28/2006 3:15:20 PM UTC      Comments [0]Trackback Tracked by: http://morningside.edu/mics/_notes/pages/tramadol/index.html [Pingback] http://morningside.edu/mics/_notes/pages/melatonin/index.html [Pingback] http://morningside.edu/mics/_notes/pages/prozac/index.html [Pingback] http://blastpr.com/wiki/js/pages/effexor/index.html [Pingback] http://morningside.edu/mics/_notes/pages/lexapro/index.html [Pingback] http://blastpr.com/wiki/js/pages/melatonin/index.html [Pingback] http://blastpr.com/wiki/js/pages/hoodia/index.html [Pingback] 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