Pluto Planet Report
I'm here to talk about the little planet named Pluto. I personally think it's unfair to the planet to be named something and then drawn back, Then again they had hard evidence on to why they did it. So I am going to give you the top reasons on why they took its righteous calling of a planet back.
One of the main problems is its size. Many people thought it was too small to be called a planet and referred to it as the star. Ryan C. of the planetary society said: “
Pluto is a Disney character who has been in 48 of his own cartoons, which makes him a star, not a planet.” . The reason the size matters is because it is so small it can not clear other objects out of its path. It is now referred to as a dwarf planet. A dwarf planet orbits the sun …show more content…
just like other planets but is smaller. Another name it is referred to as is a
Plutoid which is anything beyond Neptune.
Now I am going to counterclaim it by giving you a reason on why it should be a planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson says, “Pluto is my favorite comet.” Many researchers say that pluto is a comet referring to its ice content and that if it's put close enough to the sun it will get a tail. But It doesn’t matter that Pluto is partially ice. It’s only about 30% ice by mass while the other 70% is rock.(9 reasons pluto should be a planet) Planets can be made out of rock, metal, ice, liquid, or even gas. And planets with any of these materials can form a tail if put close enough to a star. We actually do know of some exoplanets that have tails. However, Neil makes a great point that we should classify bodies according to their aspects..
If Pluto were to behave like a comet, then maybe it should be classified as a comet. But if it behaves like a planet, then it should be classified as a planet.
I am going to talk about a past situation that had a big impact on the final decision in “kicking pluto out”. In 1801, a icyrocky body similar to Pluto was discovered between Jupiter and Mars named Ceres. A year later Ceres had its planethood revoked because it was very obvious that it really was just the largest member of what is now called the asteroid belt. If Ceres doesn't get to be called a planet neither should pluto.
They have almost exact same characteristics and yet it only took them a year to revoke its planethood.
Finally, I am going to end this with my opinion on pluto. Pluto definitely should not be considered a planet again.I don’t feel Pluto should be considered a planet any longer. It is 10x smaller than all other planets, its composition is mainly rock and ice while the other planets are either gas giants or all rock, and it really just fits in better as a dwarf planet or some type of large asteroid or comet. If you compare each fact about
Pluto to those of the main eight planets, it just doesn’t fit in. None of them even
match up. Keeping pluto a dwarf planet is the best and most correct way to keep the history out our galaxy for future educational excellence.
One of the main problems is its size. Many people thought it was too small to be called a planet and referred to it as the star. Ryan C. of the planetary society said: “
Pluto is a Disney character who has been in 48 of his own cartoons, which makes him a star, not a planet.” . The reason the size matters is because it is so small it can not clear other objects out of its path. It is now referred to as a dwarf planet. A dwarf planet orbits the sun …show more content…
just like other planets but is smaller. Another name it is referred to as is a
Plutoid which is anything beyond Neptune.
Now I am going to counterclaim it by giving you a reason on why it should be a planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson says, “Pluto is my favorite comet.” Many researchers say that pluto is a comet referring to its ice content and that if it's put close enough to the sun it will get a tail. But It doesn’t matter that Pluto is partially ice. It’s only about 30% ice by mass while the other 70% is rock.(9 reasons pluto should be a planet) Planets can be made out of rock, metal, ice, liquid, or even gas. And planets with any of these materials can form a tail if put close enough to a star. We actually do know of some exoplanets that have tails. However, Neil makes a great point that we should classify bodies according to their aspects..
If Pluto were to behave like a comet, then maybe it should be classified as a comet. But if it behaves like a planet, then it should be classified as a planet.
I am going to talk about a past situation that had a big impact on the final decision in “kicking pluto out”. In 1801, a icyrocky body similar to Pluto was discovered between Jupiter and Mars named Ceres. A year later Ceres had its planethood revoked because it was very obvious that it really was just the largest member of what is now called the asteroid belt. If Ceres doesn't get to be called a planet neither should pluto.
They have almost exact same characteristics and yet it only took them a year to revoke its planethood.
Finally, I am going to end this with my opinion on pluto. Pluto definitely should not be considered a planet again.I don’t feel Pluto should be considered a planet any longer. It is 10x smaller than all other planets, its composition is mainly rock and ice while the other planets are either gas giants or all rock, and it really just fits in better as a dwarf planet or some type of large asteroid or comet. If you compare each fact about
Pluto to those of the main eight planets, it just doesn’t fit in. None of them even
match up. Keeping pluto a dwarf planet is the best and most correct way to keep the history out our galaxy for future educational excellence.