is pluto happy or not?
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To answer your second question first (I'm just an ornery cuss), Pluto is still a member of the Solar System. It's no longer considered a planet, though. It is now called a dwarf planet because of its size and extremely anomalous orbit (so look it up already).Just like the moon. asteroids, etc. it is still part of the Solar System.\n\nAs to the 1st part of your question-------Usually, as long as Mickey gives him table scraps instead of that crap from the can.Woof!Woof!
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The International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto was no longer a planet.  Instead, they decided to classify it as a "dwarf planet" because it has not cleared its orbit of debris.\n\nSee the details below.\n\nRESOLUTION 5A\nThe IAU therefore resolves that "planets" and other bodies in our Solar System, except satellites, be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:\n\n(1) A "planet" [footnote 1] is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.\n\n(2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape [footnote 2] , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.\n\n(3) All other objects [footnote 3] except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar-System Bodies".\n\n\nFootnote 1: The eight "planets" are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.\n\nFootnote 2: An IAU process will be established to assign borderline objects into either dwarf planet and other categories.\n\nFootnote 3: These currently include most of the Solar System asteroids, most Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), comets, and other small bodies.\n\nRESOLUTION 6A\nThe IAU further resolves:\n\nPluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects.
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I wondered that same thing.  According to my husband Goofy is not a dog, he's a Goofy.  I think he's a Disney creation.  And Pluto is a dog who's owner is a mouse.  Leave it to Disney and don't try to make too much sense of it.  Children's movies/cartoons rarely make sense.
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I've wondered that one myself.\n\nA better question is, if goofy and Pluto are both dogs, why does Pluto wear a collar and have a dog house, where goofy has a job and car and house???
311840
Pat would be from Menus. I guess in Pat's case it's just good that Men aren't from Pluto.
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The tenth planet is like really great, thanks for asking.  He spins around and around and makes one revolution around the sun about once every several thousand thousand years.  Therefore you might call this tenth planet (he doesn't mind) a chunk of ice, and not really planet-like at all.  But wait, you're saying, Pluto is a chunk of ice and also a planet!  Well, Pluto actually (he's telling me now) doesn't even consider himself a planet, as he's really just a large ice-chunk in the Kuiper Belt.  The tenth planet (we'll call him "Frank", that's what he prefers) is a little peeved that Pluto gets a thousand-brother belt to wear and all he's got is the occasional through-comet.  We can't help you, Frank, I'm sorry.  We're like, a billion miles away.
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PLUTO HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE. IT IS STILL REVOLVING BUT THE SCIENTIST HAVE PROVED THAT PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET BECAUSE PLUTO IS THE OBJECT IN KUPIER BELT. THE NEW PLANETS ARE CERES, XENA & CHARON . FIRST WE SAY THE NAME OF PLANET LIKE THIS mY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SHOW US THE NINE PLANET.  NOW, THIS HAS BEEN PROVED WRONG. THE KNEW SYSTEM IS GIVEN BELOW. THIS INCLUDE 11 PLANET.\n\nMERCURY\nVENUS\nEARTH\nMARS\nCERES\nJUPITER\nSATURN\nURANUS\nNEPTUNE\nXENA\nCHARON
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talk about pluto. Even though that was a couple of months ago it is still current.
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Nope.  That's my professional (astronomer) opinon.  Here is why:\n\nPluto is a member of a large collection of similar sized objects that orbit the sun in the same region as it.  This is the same situation that Ceres, the largest asteroid is in.  Pluto was simply the first of these icy bodies to be found, we have since found almost 1000 other objects that share orbital space with Pluto.  Many of them are almost the same sice as it, and one (2003 UB313) is in fact larger than Pluto.\n\nNo good defination of planet exists that allows for pluto to be a planet without admitting about 10-100 other objects in as planets as well, unless you simple state that Pluto is a planet in an ad hoc manner.\n\nThe definition that I generally use in my work is that a planet is an object that has cleared it's orbital space of all other small bodies.  All of the main 8 planets satisfy the criteria.  Pluto, 2003 UB313, Ceres and other small bodies do not.
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because Pluto is meant to be his pet...I mean would u have a dog that is bigger than you???
1175485
Yes. Pluto has an eliptic orbit (not perfectly circular) which means that sometimes it will be closer to the sun than Uranus and therefore the 8th.
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Neptune and Pluto, however Pluto is no longer a planet.
1164440
" How happy is the Moron..."
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The International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto was no longer a planet.  Instead, they decided to classify it as a "dwarf planet".\n\nSee the details below.\n\nRESOLUTION 5A\nThe IAU therefore resolves that "planets" and other bodies in our Solar System, except satellites, be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:\n\n(1) A "planet" [footnote 1] is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.\n\n(2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape [footnote 2] , (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.\n\n(3) All other objects [footnote 3] except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar-System Bodies".\n\n\nFootnote 1: The eight "planets" are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.\n\nFootnote 2: An IAU process will be established to assign borderline objects into either dwarf planet and other categories.\n\nFootnote 3: These currently include most of the Solar System asteroids, most Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), comets, and other small bodies.\n\nRESOLUTION 6A\nThe IAU further resolves:\n\nPluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognized as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects.
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Pluto's orbit is an elipse, therefore its distance from the earth is actually changing.  However, at its closest point along its orbit it is 2.67 billion miles from earth and at its farthest point it is well over 3 billion miles from earth. Hope this helps
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Probably not.\n\nBut I volunteer Yoko Ono to be the first person on Pluto, regardless of planetary status.
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I cannot think of an example. Pluto, even if not considered a planet, is not a moon, but a Kuiper belt object. So the fact that Charon is a moon of Pluto is not sufficient. However, it's possible that we find such a rare phenomenon, since it's not against the physical laws.