Tell that to the scientists. :/

I personally don't want to be a planet... there's a size restriction, and I don't want to be that big.

 

Scientists apparently "proved" it wasn't one.

 

Don't worry, in the near future they'll rule out you don't qualify as a planet, just like they did Pluto. Or something. This sciencey stuff has too many loopholes it for me to figure out. =\

 

 

 

 

-Ngakunui

Scientists apparently "proved" it wasn't one.

 

Don't worry, in the near future they'll rule out you don't qualify as a planet, just like they did Pluto. Or something. This sciencey stuff has too many loopholes it for me to figure out. =\

They did not "prove" anything. They redefined the general definition of planet. And they invented dwarf planets, that:

1. have formed themselves into a spherical shape
2. have not "cleared the neighborhood" of other objects (neighborhood is cleared by pulling objects into orbit of self or having them crash into you).

I will admit though, Pluto didn't exactly have as good of a chance of clearing its neighborhood as the other planets may have, considering that it lies in the Kuiper Belt.

So, as Nukora said, Pluto is still technically a planet. What makes this better is that now Charon, Eris and Ceres can be counted as planets too.

 

So wait. Is it in the news again, or were you just very bored?

Wanna´ bet?