The whole Pluto as a planet thing

[Syringer]

I've been searching around many sites that call Pluto a planet, and states that there are 9 planets in our solar system. It's not though right? And there are actually only 8 planets in our solar system?

 

[cmdavid]

what?

 

[Yossarian]

If we knew then what we know now, we probably wouldn't have classified Pluto as a planet. But it's been that way too long to change now and it would mess up the old mnemonic trick "'My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets"

 

[no0b]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I've been searching around many sites that call Pluto a planet, and states that there are 9 planets in our solar system. It's not though right? And there are actually only 8 planets in our solar system?

Ummmm....

There are 9 planets if you count pluto. So if they sites say pluto is a planet they will also say there are 9 planets.

 

[Moonbeam]

I beg you please not to traumitize this girl's life.

 

[Lonyo]

What about the latest body they found, that I don't think has a real name, does it? Do we make that Planet 10, or ignore it and say it's too small.
We could just say there are 8-10 planets in our solar system.

 

[IcePhoenix]

They figured out that Pluto is the largest asteroid (one of those celestial body type things) in its family. Many astronomers don't consider it a planet anymore. I bought Carl Sagan's COSMOS, and that part was on last night

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Planets and asteroids are all the same. Why bother making a big deal of nothing?