Is Pluto a planet? Vote today to save it!

OMFG Since the scientific community descided to exclude Pluto in the official planet lineup, i figured we should just override them with our own poll. Please encurage everyone to vote on this one for the most accurate results.


Pluto is a planet because:

1.) It only orbits a star.
2.) It closely conforms into a sphere due to its own gravity.
3.) It doesnt orbit any other body inside the local solar system.

(it does not orbit its moon, and is not a binary planet).

Save the 9th planet and vote today!

You should be grateful it's not a planet, or you would have to start learning the names of 50+ other objects out there that should be called a planet by that definition.

And there I was, thinking you sort of knew what you're talking about. I'm not talking about asteroids or comets, I was talking about Ceres (now also a dwarf planet), Xena (nickname/codename. not yet officially named but bigger than Pluto), and an estimation of a number of objects as of yet undiscovered.

Google is your friend..

Too late. You've lost already. Pluto is now officially a dwarf planet.

*points and laughs*

8 votes! Thats it? you guys suck at getting other people to vote one way or the other.
The other forum I have this going on is up to 200 posts. And its a car forum. (its about 50/50 I guess.)

... or care less about Pluto.

I haven't voted. Why? Because Pluto was an oddball anyways. Now, if we were to keep Pluto as a full planet, that means at least 3 others (Pluto's 'moon', which kindof isn't a moon - its really a binary planet system - but that depends on definitions again - included) are planets. And in the future, more similar type planets will be detected. So I feel the situation is about as good as it can get. There are the 'major' planets, dwarf planets (still planets, but too small, or too oblique, or too comet-like or something), and asteroids for all the little bits.

So, I could vote yes, Pluto should be a planet, and it is - a dwarf planet. Or I could vote no, Pluto shouldn't be a planet, but it is - a dwarf planet.

If it was a big deal, I may actually get a headache worrying about it. It's not.

Mike.

I thought I read that the orbital mass centerpoint (There's a term for it but I'm not an astronomer) of Pluto & Charon combined was outside Pluto's body (or maybe that was under discussion too???), so that meant they're a binary system. But again, I'm not an astronomer and don't really care that much.

I.e.: I like it the way they have it now. Makes assigning things much easier since it's clear. There's a clear definition of Planet, Dwarf Planet, asteroid, etc. The way it was before is fine too. I'm not going to visit Pluto in my lifetime (probably), so it's immaterial.

Oh, and never say never... It'll bite you eventually.

Mike.

Incorrect. Ceres was an asteroid until the dwarf planet definition was officially adopted.

i really think up to this time that it's a planet!!