How many planets are there in our solar system?

[Klose]

How many planets are there in our solar system?





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If you guessed 9. Too bad. You are wrong. It's 8. As of today, Pluto is no longer the 9th planet in our solar system.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5282440.stm

 

[Jeanette.z]

and they also found another 'planet'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4730061.stm:think:

(these pp got nothing to do is it...)

 

[CasonLyn]

hmm will this affect school syllabus immediately confusion for students

 

[Belle&Sebastain]

are you sure just 8-9?, cos Futurama indicates that there is lots more in the year 3000.:dunno:

 

[feryl]

those scientists and astronomers can debate and change their minds about the solar system configuration anyway they like, you think the planets/stars/moons actually care?

i don't suppose that pluto is crying at the moment.

 

[Jeanette.z]

those scientists and astronomers can debate and change their minds about the solar system configuration anyway they like, you think the planets/stars/moons actually care?

i don't suppose that pluto is crying at the moment.

agree, humans are a lame bunch

 

[smallaperture]

Well, it is a matter of definition, a matter of name. Call it a planet, a moon, a rock or an aesteriod or whatever.

 

[SYPeck]

I suppose they will have a big headache to include all the planets bigger than pluto into our system so they decided that having the little guy out is easier. Saves headaches:bsmilie:

 

[yanyewkay]

yeah and i tot just not very long ago they said they found the 10th planet outisde pluto...*YAWNZ*.. boring... later they'll say "The ancient guys were right!! Earth is in the middle of the universe!! Everything rotated around us!!!" :bigeyes:

 

[Zerstorer]

yeah and i tot just not very long ago they said they found the 10th planet outisde pluto...*YAWNZ*.. boring... later they'll say "The ancient guys were right!! Earth is in the middle of the universe!! Everything rotated around us!!!" :bigeyes:

Ya, and I thought that the Sumerians were right and that the creator came from the 10th planet.

 

[kelccm]

Pluto has been relegated to be called a dwarf planet. Ceres has been promoted to be called a dwarf planet too. Charon still remains as a satellite.

 

[Adam Goi]

Die ... like that I have to reset all my Science tests and examinations! :bsmilie:

 

[denniskee]

what will happen to those fortune teller using stars???:think:

 

[kelccm]

what will happen to those fortune teller using stars???:think:

I think astrology never include Pluto, as Pluto was quite a recent discovery.

 

[hongsien]

what will happen to those fortune teller using stars???:think:

Pluto is not a star lah!

 

[hongsien]

Die ... like that I have to reset all my Science tests and examinations! :bsmilie:

Science is not an exact subject anyway, results all depend on the way or on the sensitivity of our 'instruments', when they are improved: things may not be as what we thought they were........

Hong Sien

 

[hongsien]

what will happen to those fortune teller using stars???:think:

Looks like the fortune tellers were smart enough not to use planets only: one star more or less, does that matter?

HS

 

[denniskee]

Looks like the fortune tellers were smart enough not to use planets only: one star more or less, does that matter?

HS

like those GPRS (or is it GPS) system that uses satallites to pin point your location, more satallites = more accurate mah.

 

[simon80]

got listen the podcast from mrbrown?
:bsmilie:

 

[icammy88]

Pluto was discovered in 1930, that's very long, not quite recent discovery :nono:

I think astrology never include Pluto, as Pluto was quite a recent discovery.