Thought you had identity problems..... What about Pluto?

[mjs2101]

Makes one wonder what will finally be resolved with Pluto. Several decades as a planet only to be demoted to a "dwarf planet" (lasting only two years), and now it seems that is not good enough! So now Pluto is a "plutoid". Curious as to what the odds are for this lasting.

Would it not be easier just to leave Pluto grandfathered in as a planet until such a time that astronomers can finally decide on a classification system that will actually last?

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080619-pluto-confusion.html

Mykel

[pmcn]

Makes one wonder what will finally be resolved with Pluto. Several decades as a planet only to be demoted to a "dwarf planet" (lasting only two years), and now it seems that is not good enough! So now Pluto is a "plutoid". Curious as to what the odds are for this lasting.

Would it not be easier just to leave Pluto grandfathered in as a planet until such a time that astronomers can finally decide on a classification system that will actually last?

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080619-pluto-confusion.html

Mykel

I think they should just go ahead and classify it for what it really is. Mickey's dog.:p

Paul

[rdamurphy]

That's the way Astronomy is, though. After all, the Messier list is nothing more than a list of things that aren't comets. A rather strange way to organize things...

Robert

[Jim Prower]

These people are too smart to have good organizational skills.

Get me out there. I could sort things out by size in a jiffy.