Is Clinton responsible for Pluto not being a planet any more?
920049
You say that as if it is a bad thing.  Why not say, should Clinton get credit for Pluto not being a planet.  Personally, I think Clinton has more of an interest in Uranus than Pluto.
811501
Pluto is not a planet anymore... it is now a "dwarf planet."\n\nWhen it is outside Neptune's Orbit, it is 8 planets away from the Sun and when it is inside Neptune's Orbit, it is 7 planets away from the Sun.  \n\nPluto has a very eccentric orbit and spends 20 year chunks of time closer to the Sun than Neptune.\n\nAloha
507031
It is not a planet.  \n\nIt is still classified as a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), even though it appears to be larger than Pluto.  In fact, some people wonder if Pluto is large enough to be considered a planet, but it's unlikely anybody will "downgrade" it.   I heard a lecturer at Berkeley say that Pluto should really be classified as a 'double-planet' with its moon Charon, which is almost half its size.\n\nIn September of this year (2006) the International Astronomical Union (IAU) will come up with a re-definition of how big something has to be to be called a "planet".  E.g. does it have to be large enough to support an atmosphere.  At that time UB313 may become a planet (and get a cool Greek name).
231742
Non have as of this date, NASA either did launch a probe or is about too that will visit Pluto because it is the closest to the Earth that it will be for another 300 years.\n\nfound this link after I answered.
642503
Its a planet!!  On a serious note try this link\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto\n\n:) Hope this helps........
887325
Nope, and it's all Bill Clintons fault.  \nThank God we have Our Beloved President Bush to clean it all up.
2903
I quote : "Two small moons have been discovered orbiting Pluto, bringing the planet's retinue of known satellites to three and leaving scientist to wonder how it could be. ...The moons are catalogued as S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2 for now. Once they are confirmed, the discoverers will suggest names, to be approved by the International Astronomical Union."\n\nFrom: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/051031_pluto_moons.html
923544
There is no fact based reason she should be concluding cheese is a vegetable but she isn't the only one.  Check out the link below for a petition to officially recognize cheese as a vegetable.  Seems kooky, then again if you were telling everyone 10 yrs ago that Pluto was not a planet you would have seemed kooky too.
716811
Its both ways actually-an asteroid and a planet.pluto circles the sun.this is the reason why its called a planet.but it also cuts across the eliptical orbit (if you know what i mean)while the others dont.There was a big debate on what pluto really was.anyway right now i think pluto is considered an asteroid and not a planet.
23405
There are still 9 according to the latests NASA reports. Although it has been found that there are several other small objects orbiting past Neptune that are similar in make up and size to Pluto- that pluto's categorization of planet will not be changed. That instead a number system is being talked about to go into effect that will number the bundles of pluto-like objects. Though again, pluto would not be changed. (First Source)\n\nIf it weren't for the stubborn desire to keep tradition- Pluto WOULD NOT be considered a planet, it just does not have the characteristics to make it one. But because tradition is very important in this society- Pluto remains a planet for now.
141708
Yes. It's actually in our own solar system.  Whether it is a planet or not is the real question.  It is really small.  While bigger than pluto, it is still smaller than the Earth's moon!
823004
Let's try to see this from Pluto's point of view.\n\nPluto received news in 1930 that the folks on Earth had proclaimed him as a Planet, putting him in a very exclusive group of Solar System inhabitants.\n\nPluto was very flattered indeed.\n\nPrior to this, he had been minding his own business, hurting nobody, as you rightly pointed out.  Well, almost nobody...  There were those pesky little rocks in the neighborhood that he just had to shoo away, like the little toddlers that sometimes walk right up to you in the mall.  But it wasn't very often, and Pluto was generally very well behaved in his 3:2 resonant orbit with the local neighborhood big guy, Neppy-whats-his-face.\n\nBut hey, if the folks on Earth put Pluto with Neppy, more power to you guys!\n\nBut the truth is, Pluto has been around for a long, long time, quietly doing his rounds.\n\nNow, you Earthlings decide to take away - some say "dethrone" - his title as a Planet.  Oh, the audacity!...\n\nBut in reality, the insult is felt by Pluto's friends on Earth (including yours truly).  Pluto heard about the raucous in August, but you know what?\n\nHe's still doing his rounds in the cold, dark outer reaches of our stellar neighborhood quietly and without complaining.  He's been doing it for many millennia now.  Maybe, when the boredom gets to him - or perhaps when a fit of playfulness seizes him - he may send a icy piece of rock heading our way, but I'm sure he'll aim to miss.\n\nPluto is a nice guy.  He never hurt anyone except those pesky toddler rocks.  I'm sad for him, but he knows he has friends down here.  He and his chums in the Kuiper Belt are probably laughing at Earthlings who can't seem to make up our minds.\n\nI heard Xena was about to call a neighborhood party to celebrate her ascension.  She's pissed.  Maybe she's the one who'll hurl that rock at us...
275952
It is said by many prophets, that when Pluto is reached by man, that the end times have started. It may or may not be the reason. It might be that his cronies have little interest or capital in the manufacturer's of space technology or he can't find a way to funnel the tax payers money that supports space exploration.
1131127
No.\n\nIts likely even that Pluto will be relegated to being a Kuiper belt object rather than a plnet, leaving just 8.\n\nKuiper belt objects are regularly discovered.
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http://www.iau.org\nhttp://www.iau.org/fileadmin/content/pdfs/Resolution_GA26-5-6.pdf\n\non 24 august 2006, the international astronomical union reclassified pluto.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto\n\npluto does orbit the sun, is ball-shaped and is not a satellite, but it does not have an isolated orbit (a bunch of other similar bodies have similar orbits.) so it is not a planet.\n\ni have been waiting for this since i was about ten when i learned that pluto didn't fit the pattern set by the major bodies in the solar system so it was an anomaly. it just felt "out of place". now that astronomers have found hundreds of other bodies with similar orbits, classifying "134340 pluto" as a planet is even more irrational. i feel somewhat satisfied, but i don't know how long this will drag on tho. many planetary astronomers are satisfied that the definition is rigorous enuf. i can accept that the definition is flawed, but i can not accept that "134340 pluto" is a planet.\n\nthis was the right thing to do, believe me. this does not change anything about pluto or the solar system. this just corrects the mistake of classifying pluto as a planet initially.\n\nthis same thing happened has happened before.  in 1800, an astronomer found a body orbiting between the orbits of mars and jupiter and thought it was a planet.  astronomers finally stopped classifying them as planets after they found several other bodies with similar orbits, and no one thinks ceres, pallas, juno, and vesta are planets today.\n\nmany astronomers consider pluto and charon to be a binary system, but two small bodies orbit that system. they are called nix and hydra.\n\nincidentally, "134340 pluto" was never a moon of neptune. neptune did capture triton. this is why triton has a retrograde orbit
327202
The last time I checked there were still 9 planets and they were considering maybe adding a 10th. Pluto is a planet with a moon of it's own named Charon. Astronomers have also identified a couple of other large bodies orbiting beyond Pluto. It has been suggested that there could be two planetoids beyond Pluto that revolve around each other.
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It's smaller then Pluto, so I would say no.  There's quite a bit of debate right now as to whether or not Pluto even counts as a planet, but the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has, for now at least, kept Pluto as a planet.  Anything smaller then Pluto (like Sedna) would not be considered a planet.  Of course, that leaves the status of that other new object, UB313, up for grabs.