http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/pluto-as-planet-astronomers-hope-to-get-pluto-recognized-as-planet-in-2009-200901119191 Entertainment, Showbiz, Celebrities, Television, Movies, Fashion! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:23:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/pluto-as-planet-astronomers-hope-to-get-pluto-recognized-as-planet-in-2009-200901119191/comment-page-1#comment-4173 Laurel Kornfeld Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:36:51 +0000 http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/?p=9191#comment-4173 Go Mark Sykes! This is one decision begging to be overturned. The demotion of Pluto was done by only four percent of the IAU, most of whom are not planetary scientists, in a process that violated the group's own bylaws. It makes no sense in saying that dwarf planets are not planets at all and also in the fact that it classifies objects solely by where they are while ignoring what they are. If Earth were in Pluto's orbit, according to this definition, it would not be a planet either! At this time when we are discovering more and more unusual objects in our solar system, we should be broadening rather than narrowing our conception of planet. Go Mark Sykes! This is one decision begging to be overturned. The demotion of Pluto was done by only four percent of the IAU, most of whom are not planetary scientists, in a process that violated the group’s own bylaws. It makes no sense in saying that dwarf planets are not planets at all and also in the fact that it classifies objects solely by where they are while ignoring what they are. If Earth were in Pluto’s orbit, according to this definition, it would not be a planet either! At this time when we are discovering more and more unusual objects in our solar system, we should be broadening rather than narrowing our conception of planet.

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