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Postby xander » Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:40 am

Laika_rus wrote:Oh, didn't know there are other dwarfs besides Pluto.

There are tons. I believe that was much of the justification for changing Pluto's classification---there are so many little objects out in the Kuiper belt that are basically just like Pluto, and it was unreasonable to call them planets. The option was to "delist" Pluto, or come up with a really complicated definition to include these objects. Frankly, much as I like Pluto, I think that the right decision was made. :)

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Postby Laika » Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:01 am

the belt was discovered in 1992

Guess that's why Pluto wasn't classified as a dwarf in the first place. Thanks, that's interesting.
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Re: Random

Postby kudayta » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:03 am

Laika_rus wrote:Oh, didn't know there are other dwarfs besides Pluto.


Oh yeah, while the whole dwarf planet was brought up mostly due to Pluto's status being questioned, there was also Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. The latter two are Kuiper Belt Objects, which really cast doubt on Pluto being a true planet.

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