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Last Post 10/6/2006 9:19 AM by  Mandy Hagenaar
Pluto needs to be a planet
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10/6/2006 5:57 AM

    Hey,I was just wondering what is required for a planet to be a planet? What made you make Pluto a dwarf planet? It has always been a planet along with the others so why the sudden change? I think that Pluto should stay a normal planet because taking it out is now changing everything that we have learned in school about the planets. Pluto was my favorite planet and now its not one anymore.

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    10/6/2006 9:19 AM
    The reason scientists decided Pluto was different is not only its size, but also its orbit around the Sun.: while all other planets loop nice and orderly in a circle around the Sun, Pluto has an eccentric orbit, see
    http://www.windows.ucar.e...uto/pluto_orbit.html

    For me Pluto will always be a planet, even though it is the underdog.

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