tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post2533843160818396874..comments2023-11-02T09:08:18.487-04:00Comments on DARE TO THINK : 9-Year Voyage On Its WayCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13788060917420508410noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-61663789899413766722012-03-06T13:58:29.225-05:002012-03-06T13:58:29.225-05:00The comment that "Pluto rotates in reverse of...The comment that "Pluto rotates in reverse of the 8 planets" implies that our solar system has only 8 planets, which is not the case. Dwarf planets are planets too, in spite of the controversial decree by four percent of the IAU. That decree was opposed in a formal petition by an equal number of professional astronomers, led by New Horizons Principal Investigator Dr. Alan Stern. Stern is the person who coined the term dwarf planet, but he never intended it to mean these objects are not planets at all. Instead, he wanted to create a new class of planets for objects large enough to be rounded by their own gravity (which makes them geologically complex, just like the larger planets) but not large enough to gravitationally dominate their orbits.<br /><br />Any planet brought close enough to the Sun or to its parent star would start behaving like a comet in that its atmosphere would begin to sublimate and form a tail. Mercury actually has such a tail. Giant exoplanets in close orbits of their parent stars have tails. This does not make any of these objects comets. Unlike comets, Pluto has a stable orbit, is much larger than comets are, and never enters the inner solar system. As far as eccentric orbits, there are giant exoplanets with orbits around their stars that are much more eccentric than Pluto's orbit.Laurel Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387883186244337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-59765904584141291642012-03-06T13:54:48.215-05:002012-03-06T13:54:48.215-05:00Pluto is, and always will be a planet. It is cool...Pluto is, and always will be a planet. It is cool that current data now strongly suggests that Pluto is larger than Eris. The New Horizons spacecraft will "barring a mishap" to quote Alan Stern, the Principal Investigator of the mission, measure Pluto's diameter, which will, hopefully, prove, once and for all, that Pluto is larger than Eris. I am glad there are more Pluto huggers out there than just me!Sowffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495227819756924226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-83630915097014180602010-08-13T07:32:12.813-04:002010-08-13T07:32:12.813-04:00Good brief and this post helped me alot in my coll...Good brief and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you seeking your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-6194146861292722602008-07-09T17:30:00.000-04:002008-07-09T17:30:00.000-04:00I love our little Pluto! My eldest has a shirt th...I love our little Pluto! My eldest has a shirt that says 'Pluto will always be my planet' LOL<br><br>be well,<br>Dawn<br>http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-20081459118015401882008-07-09T17:32:00.000-04:002008-07-09T17:32:00.000-04:00And to think Earth is all there is!And to think Earth is all there is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-41764061867766544112008-07-09T19:57:00.000-04:002008-07-09T19:57:00.000-04:00interesting as alwaysinteresting as alwaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-46759200239941103662008-07-09T21:44:00.000-04:002008-07-09T21:44:00.000-04:00..interesting read and info!Gem :)..interesting read and info!<br>Gem :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-10699556858979689742008-07-09T22:27:00.000-04:002008-07-09T22:27:00.000-04:00bummer your pictures don't show!bummer your pictures don't show!<br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-41759405721340017422008-07-10T11:41:00.000-04:002008-07-10T11:41:00.000-04:00good entry Cathy. Interesting and well, let's...good entry Cathy. Interesting and well, let's hope we are all around to see the results of that trip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-38309087702276542162008-07-12T17:10:00.000-04:002008-07-12T17:10:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting this, Cathy, Pluto is one of th...Thanks for posting this, Cathy, Pluto is one of those enigmas of the solar system. Can't wait for 2017!<br><br>Guido<br>http://journals.aol.co.uk/pharmolo/NorthernTripAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655038913540975453.post-68266103781536577992008-07-13T13:29:00.000-04:002008-07-13T13:29:00.000-04:00Fascinating! - BArbaraFascinating! - BArbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com