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Why do some 'learned' scientists actually believe not qualifying as a 'planet' is all Pluto's fault?

I asked a question regarding the planet Pluto's expulsion from the solar system by the IAU and sure enough I got a pile of diatribes and rants from the anti-Pluto lobby.

One respondent insinuated that it was ALL Pluto's fault that the IAU found discrepancies in Pluto's claim to plant hood. The respondent even went so far to imply that Pluto through guile and deception presented itself as a planet thus committing and act of fraud by impersonating a planet.

Hey! You can't hang THAT rap on the planet Pluto.

Pluto was minding it's own business one day in 1930, happily going along in it's orbit where BINGO

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh as A PLANET.

Pluto never did anything dishonest.

Some of those rants I received are absolute insults to the integrity of the planet Pluto, and again some were wordy and lengthy like a doctoral thesis.

Once a celestial body got declared as a planet, IT SHOULD REMAIN AS SUCH.

This talk about allowing the Kuiper Belt objects be planets.

What are you saying? The universe ain't big enough for a few dozen more planets?

Pluto oughta be grandfathered as a full fledged planet and member in good standing of our solar system.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Don't get upset we know Pluto is still there doing its stuff in the Universe. There it was going about its own business not wanting anything from this world yet it was named a planet and a decades later it was demoted. Astrologically Pluto proved its own demise. Pluto is still going about its own business and we love you Pluto.

  • 9 years ago

    What about Ceres? Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta were discovered in 1801, 1802, 1804 and 1807, each was assigned a planetary symbol, and all four remained listed as a planet in astronomy books and tables for about 50 years until they were demoted to asteroid. The 2006 debate surrounding Pluto and what constitutes a planet led to Ceres being considered for reclassification as a planet, but instead they made up another new classification, dwarf planet. Just because Pluto is more famous you seem to think you can just cast the others aside. Shame on you.

  • 4 years ago

    i'm happy to work out that the planet Pluto has some authentic freinds that are no longer afraid to stand up for it. i'm indignant by utilizing a number of the insults I learn Pluto too. some are rather undesirable and insulting no longer just to Pluto yet to the guy who champions Pluto's reason. You oughta commence reporting a number of those trolls for abuse. to respond to your question: i assume the only way some human beings can experience sturdy approximately themselves is to kick somebody down. as a effect some human beings ought to kick an entire planet down, and the smallest planet interior the image voltaic gadget at that. Boy there is a few authentic trolls available in cyber area. save up the sturdy artwork, save scuffling with the sturdy combat. Pluto is a planet rather worth scuffling with for. SEMPER FI!

  • ?
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    9 years ago

    Your claim is like saying we name all domesticated animals humans because they live with us, but regard all other non domesticated animals of the same species as animals.

    Let the Pluto thing go IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS! Holy grudge Batman!

    Also what kind of science do you know of where they make special exceptions to new data just to keep their old hypothesis true? The answer is a big fat zero, because ALL science changes it's views in light of new information. They don't roam around and just be strong headed and say, "Ugh, no I was right" like children. My advice is grow up. That or learn how SCIENCE works.

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  • 9 years ago

    It wasn't expelled from the solar system.

    Physically, Pluto hasn't changed at all.

    It was simply re-classified, as our understanding and discovery of objects in our solar system grows.

  • 9 years ago

    I wasn't aware that Pluto had ever claimed to be a planet.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    A few dozen?!

    Try thousands.

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    Once you can remember over 1,000 planet names THEN complain. We are talking about a number Much larger than 1,000.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Your tounge was, no doubt, firmly planted in your cheek when you

    wrote this, yes?

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