Last year, a Planet Walk was installed on our local Rail Trail. They managed to fit in all the planets over its span of 3.8 miles (6.12 km), including one that has an interesting back story.
Yes, Pluto. The planet that suddenly wasn't a planet. Except, maybe for Rail Trail purposes.
Pluto was discovered in 1930 and was named by an 11 year old girl. All through my childhood, I was taught that Pluto was the furthest away of the planets and the last discovered.
But times have changed. Pluto was demoted to "dwarf planet" in 2006. People were upset. Really, many people were upset. But we've all had time to adjust now. And maybe that's how Pluto ended up on the Planet Walk.
Yes, it's small. But it has at least five moons. It just hasn't "cleared its orbit", whatever that means. I read that, except for that cleared its orbit thing, it meets all criteria for being a true planet.
Come on, how about it? How about reinstating it to true planet?
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...I remember John Prine's song that has a line about Pluto.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Pluto was demoted. Gee, talk about not being up on current events! Anyway, I don't care what people say in my mind Pluto will always be a real planet. Come on, isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard?
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember reading about Pluto's demotion, but had no idea why. Thanks for clearing that up! It should be reinstated, in my opinion. Most people surely consider it a planet.
ReplyDeleteI think it should be a planet too. I didn't know about this though. Adorable.
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According to Wiki is a dwarf planet. You know, when I was in highschool, I wanted to go to math, because there was a section there about astronomy! I did not go to math and I did not suffer to much but, now, reading your post, I feel that I missed something.
ReplyDeleteNice idea about planets. Somebody there think deep!
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i agree ~ let;s bring Pluto the planet back just on general principles
ReplyDelete` lol ~ thanks for post ~
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Demoted to dwarf planet. There are worse fates.
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere that Pluto is more of a moon or a satellite
ReplyDeleteIf Pluto is reinstated, then we must also include Eris, Haumea, and Quaoar as planets. Pluto is in the Kuiper belt, and there are many objects in there that are of similar size and/or have moons of their own.
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