Did you know that Pluto is no longer classified as a planet?? Its too far away from Earth to be sure its a planet...
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Miss Cookie Monster
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Yes, I do know that.
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Yeah...like 2 years ago.
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Yes, I am deeply saddened by this fact. The lies and deception after all these years they taught me the wrong thing in grammar school.
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This happened a while ago, but it still makes me unhappy to think I grew up with a scientific, undisputed fact that could *actually* change.
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I did not know that, thanks for the info. What classifies a planet then?
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I heard of that too. Not only because it's too far away and veering away from the solar system which therefore nullifies its status as a planet, but because all it is really is this gigantic chunk of ice and debris floating around, and apparently this doesn't constitute as a planet. I'm really not sure though, I'll gladly stand corrected.
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Yes, and the reason for the change wasn't due to distance (its orbit is elliptical and as such takes it inside the orbit of Neptune); it failed to meet the "clearing its orbit" standard as there are a bunch of similar-sized objects in similar orbits.
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Actually it is not the fact that it is too far from the Sun. It's that Pluto is too small to be a planet. It lacks the gravity to clear it orbit of debris. This is why it is no longer considered a planet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_planet
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It is a plutiod now. A new class of non planets, I expect us to find many more like it.http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0804/
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