Wait. WHAT?
Sep. 5th, 2006 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eggshellbluePluto is no longer classified as a planet? What? Dude! That fuckin' sucks. My ruling planet is no longer a planet? (Scorpio is ruled by Pluto) What the hell am I supposed to do now? Be ruled by Mars? (Scorpio's secondary ruler. Was the ruling planet before Pluto was discovered) Fuck no. (Mars is the ruling planet of Aries, which is my brother's sign. And since we don't get along...)[No offense to any other Arians reading this of course. I have nothing against any of you, it's my brother whom I have trouble dealing with. I guess I just haven't had very good luck with Arians ^_^;;]
Wow. I am deeply offended. I'm totally serious here. What the fuck. Who the hell decides these things? Do these people have no lives? They need to hold conventions and have debates on whether or not Pluto is a planet or a moon or an asteroid or a flaming ball of shit ~ whatever the fuck they classified it as now. They couldn't just leave it alone? Holy shit you guys, get a collective life. Read a book, fly a kite, maturbate to crazy European porno,go shoot yourselves. ANYTHING!
SLUHOOPRUWGHORWOP81HOGF84-4T365RFE4324F35R36F133W4F3?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*pissed*
P.S - I know I'm an astrology nerd, so shut it.
[EDIT]
I scurried over to Wikipedia to see what it had to say on the matter, only to stumble across sentence one...
"Pluto is a gay planet in the solar system, orbiting 29 - 49 AU from the Sun."
*snort*
Okay, back to business...
Planetary status controversy:
Pluto's official status as a planet has been a constant subject of controversy, fueled by the past lack of a clear definition of planet, since at least as early as 1992, when the first Kuiper Belt Object, 1992 QB1, was discovered. Since then, further discoveries intensified the debate in the 21st century.
Omission from museum models:
Museum and planetarium directors occasionally would create controversy by omitting Pluto from planetary models of the solar system. Some omissions were intentional; the Hayden Planetarium reopened after renovation in 2000 with a model of 8 planets without Pluto. The controversy made headlines in the media at the time.[20]
New discoveries ignite debate:
Pluto compared to 2003 UB313, 2005 FY9, 2003 EL61, Sedna, Quaoar, and EarthContinuing advances in telescope technology allowed for further discoveries of Trans-Neptunian objects in the 21st century, some of comparable size to that of Pluto. In 2002, 50000 Quaoar was discovered, with a 1,280 kilometers diameter, making it a bit more than half the size of Pluto. In 2004, the discoverers of 90377 Sedna placed an upper limit of 1,800 kilometers on its diameter, near Pluto's diameter of 2,320 kilometers.
On July 29, 2005, a Trans-Neptunian object called 2003 UB313 (nicknamed "Xena") was announced, which on the basis of its magnitude and simple albedo considerations is assumed to be slightly larger than Pluto. This was the largest object discovered in the solar system since Neptune in 1846. Discoverers and media initially called it the "tenth planet", although there was no official consensus at the time on whether to call it a planet. Others in the astronomy community considered the discovery to be the strongest argument for reclassifying Pluto as a minor planet.
The last remaining distinguishing feature of Pluto was now its large moon, Charon, and its atmosphere; these characteristics are probably not unique to Pluto: several other Trans-Neptunian objects have satellites; and 2003 UB313's spectrum suggests that it has a similar surface composition to Pluto, as well as a moon (nicknamed "Gabrielle"), discovered in September 2005. Trans-Neptunian object 2003 EL61 (nicknamed "Santa") has two moons (one of which is nicknamed "Rudolph") and is the fourth largest TNO behind 2003 UB313, Pluto, and 2005 FY9 (nicknamed "Easterbunny").
IAU Decision:
Main article: 2006 redefinition of planet
There are three main conditions for an object to be called a 'planet', according to the IAU resolution passed August 24, 2006.
1.The object must be in orbit around the Sun.
2.The object must be massive enough to be a sphere by its own gravitational force. More specifically, its own gravity should pull it into a shape of hydrostatic equilibrium.
3.It must have cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.
Pluto fails to meet the third condition.
The IAU further resolved that Pluto be classified in the simultaneously created dwarf planet category, and that it act as prototype for a yet-to-be-named category of trans-Neptunian objects, in which it would be separately, but concurrently, classified.
Impact of the IAU decision:
The news of Pluto's reclassification by the IAU was met with a mixture of bemusement in the press[22] alongside stories of an astronomer backlash against the decision.[23] Multiple petitions exist online asking the IAU for reinstatement.
Alan Stern (leader of the NASA "New Horizons" mission to Pluto) has derided the IAU decision, stating "the definition stinks, for technical reasons."[24] Stern's contention is that the new definition should also exclude Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune, all of which share their orbits with asteroids,[25] although this position seems to contradict his own earlier work on neighborhood clearing.[26] More than 300 prominent planetary astronomers have announced that they will not use the new definition of planet and will continue to refer to Pluto as the ninth planet.[27]
Commemoration as a planet:
Pluto is shown as a planet on the Pioneer plaque, an inscription on the space probes Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, launched in the early 1970s. The plaque, intended to give information about the origin of the probes to any alien civilization that might in the future encounter the vehicles, includes a diagram of our solar system, showing nine planets. Similarly, an analog image contained within the Voyager Golden Record, included on the probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, also launched in the 1970s includes data regarding Pluto and again shows it as the ninth planet.
Elements 92, 93, and 94 are named uranium, neptunium, and plutonium respectively after the planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Okay, so I am currently in love with Alen Stern and those 300 unamed, yet highly prominent Astonomers.
*LOVES*
SAVE PLUTO! GAH! (even though it's not going anywhere, but whatever.)
Wow. I am deeply offended. I'm totally serious here. What the fuck. Who the hell decides these things? Do these people have no lives? They need to hold conventions and have debates on whether or not Pluto is a planet or a moon or an asteroid or a flaming ball of shit ~ whatever the fuck they classified it as now. They couldn't just leave it alone? Holy shit you guys, get a collective life. Read a book, fly a kite, maturbate to crazy European porno,
SLUHOOPRUWGHORWOP81HOGF84-4T365RFE4324F35R36F133W4F3?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*pissed*
P.S - I know I'm an astrology nerd, so shut it.
[EDIT]
I scurried over to Wikipedia to see what it had to say on the matter, only to stumble across sentence one...
"Pluto is a gay planet in the solar system, orbiting 29 - 49 AU from the Sun."
*snort*
Okay, back to business...
Planetary status controversy:
Pluto's official status as a planet has been a constant subject of controversy, fueled by the past lack of a clear definition of planet, since at least as early as 1992, when the first Kuiper Belt Object, 1992 QB1, was discovered. Since then, further discoveries intensified the debate in the 21st century.
Omission from museum models:
Museum and planetarium directors occasionally would create controversy by omitting Pluto from planetary models of the solar system. Some omissions were intentional; the Hayden Planetarium reopened after renovation in 2000 with a model of 8 planets without Pluto. The controversy made headlines in the media at the time.[20]
New discoveries ignite debate:
Pluto compared to 2003 UB313, 2005 FY9, 2003 EL61, Sedna, Quaoar, and EarthContinuing advances in telescope technology allowed for further discoveries of Trans-Neptunian objects in the 21st century, some of comparable size to that of Pluto. In 2002, 50000 Quaoar was discovered, with a 1,280 kilometers diameter, making it a bit more than half the size of Pluto. In 2004, the discoverers of 90377 Sedna placed an upper limit of 1,800 kilometers on its diameter, near Pluto's diameter of 2,320 kilometers.
On July 29, 2005, a Trans-Neptunian object called 2003 UB313 (nicknamed "Xena") was announced, which on the basis of its magnitude and simple albedo considerations is assumed to be slightly larger than Pluto. This was the largest object discovered in the solar system since Neptune in 1846. Discoverers and media initially called it the "tenth planet", although there was no official consensus at the time on whether to call it a planet. Others in the astronomy community considered the discovery to be the strongest argument for reclassifying Pluto as a minor planet.
The last remaining distinguishing feature of Pluto was now its large moon, Charon, and its atmosphere; these characteristics are probably not unique to Pluto: several other Trans-Neptunian objects have satellites; and 2003 UB313's spectrum suggests that it has a similar surface composition to Pluto, as well as a moon (nicknamed "Gabrielle"), discovered in September 2005. Trans-Neptunian object 2003 EL61 (nicknamed "Santa") has two moons (one of which is nicknamed "Rudolph") and is the fourth largest TNO behind 2003 UB313, Pluto, and 2005 FY9 (nicknamed "Easterbunny").
IAU Decision:
Main article: 2006 redefinition of planet
There are three main conditions for an object to be called a 'planet', according to the IAU resolution passed August 24, 2006.
1.The object must be in orbit around the Sun.
2.The object must be massive enough to be a sphere by its own gravitational force. More specifically, its own gravity should pull it into a shape of hydrostatic equilibrium.
3.It must have cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.
Pluto fails to meet the third condition.
The IAU further resolved that Pluto be classified in the simultaneously created dwarf planet category, and that it act as prototype for a yet-to-be-named category of trans-Neptunian objects, in which it would be separately, but concurrently, classified.
Impact of the IAU decision:
The news of Pluto's reclassification by the IAU was met with a mixture of bemusement in the press[22] alongside stories of an astronomer backlash against the decision.[23] Multiple petitions exist online asking the IAU for reinstatement.
Alan Stern (leader of the NASA "New Horizons" mission to Pluto) has derided the IAU decision, stating "the definition stinks, for technical reasons."[24] Stern's contention is that the new definition should also exclude Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune, all of which share their orbits with asteroids,[25] although this position seems to contradict his own earlier work on neighborhood clearing.[26] More than 300 prominent planetary astronomers have announced that they will not use the new definition of planet and will continue to refer to Pluto as the ninth planet.[27]
Commemoration as a planet:
Pluto is shown as a planet on the Pioneer plaque, an inscription on the space probes Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, launched in the early 1970s. The plaque, intended to give information about the origin of the probes to any alien civilization that might in the future encounter the vehicles, includes a diagram of our solar system, showing nine planets. Similarly, an analog image contained within the Voyager Golden Record, included on the probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, also launched in the 1970s includes data regarding Pluto and again shows it as the ninth planet.
Elements 92, 93, and 94 are named uranium, neptunium, and plutonium respectively after the planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Okay, so I am currently in love with Alen Stern and those 300 unamed, yet highly prominent Astonomers.
*LOVES*
SAVE PLUTO! GAH! (even though it's not going anywhere, but whatever.)
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:13 am (UTC)calm down dear, you are still ruled by God.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-06 02:15 pm (UTC)But still, I agree with Alan Stern on this, the fact the definition that they gave for the change is a very, very sloppy once. According to the reasoning of the IAU, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune should also not be considered planets either, but of course they're not doing that now are they?
My anger about this whole thing was admittedly childish and irrational, and even though the vast majority of it has disappated, I'm still left vaguely annoyed by the hastyness of the decision that the IAU made. I read up more on it, and it seems as though the IAU were very sloppy about this whole thing, and thats why many of the worlds most prominent Astronomers are going at them. *shrug* ~ If you want to make a change as huge as this, make sure you're backing it up right. Had they done that, covered all the angles and made sure that no one could argue about their decision by presenting solid evidence, I wouldn't even bother being pissed about it. I'm not a stubborn person, If I can see the fact behind something I disagree with, odds are I'll change my mind if they make sense.
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Date: 2006-09-06 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-06 08:35 pm (UTC)I keep thinking of Nazi Germany even though that's 'aryan'
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Date: 2006-09-07 05:10 pm (UTC)My rule planet is Mercury (for virgo =P) I'm hot and close to the sun! XD
No seriously! AND WHAT THE FUCK DO THEY THINK ABOUT THE ASTOLOGY CLASSES WE TOOK?!
*gives a cookie*
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Date: 2006-09-19 10:08 pm (UTC)