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Pluto needs to be a planet

Last post 10-06-2006 10:19 AM by Mandy Hagenaar. 1 replies.
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  • 10-06-2006 6:57 AM

    Pluto needs to be a planet

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    Hey,I was just wondering what is required for a planet to be a planet? What made you make Pluto a dwarf planet? It has always been a planet along with the others so why the sudden change? I think that Pluto should stay a normal planet because taking it out is now changing everything that we have learned in school about the planets. Pluto was my favorite planet and now its not one anymore.

  • 10-06-2006 10:19 AM In reply to

    Re: Pluto needs to be a planet

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    The reason scientists decided Pluto was different is not only its size, but also its orbit around the Sun.: while all other planets loop nice and orderly in a circle around the Sun, Pluto has an eccentric orbit, see
    http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/pluto/pluto_orbit.html

    For me Pluto will always be a planet, even though it is the underdog.
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