Friday, February 5, 2010

Hubble images reveal a changing planet
Hubble Site
PLUTO: A QUICK GUIDE
Named after underworld god
Lost status as planet in 2006
Average of 5.9bn km to Sun
Orbits Sun every 248 years
Diameter of 2,360km
Has at least three moons
Rotates every 6.8 days
Gravity about 6% of Earth's
Surface temperature -233C
Nasa probe visits in 2015
(The quick guide provided by news.bbc.co.uk science&nature)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

New Horizons~Pluto 2015

New Horizons is the first spacecraft to go beyond Saturn's orbit. One of many destinations is Pluto and its projected orbit crossing date is July 14, 2015. The spacecraft carries seven scientific instruments that will be used to measure gas composition,temperature and atmospheric composition, mapping surface structure, and a plasma-sensing instrument that will be used to measure particles escaping from Pluto's atmosphere, dust impacts, solar wind, and search for a magnetosphere around Pluto.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Widget

Definitions of a Planet in the Solar System

TNO an IAU link Pluto is now a Trans-Neptunian Object that does not clear the neighborhood around its orbit. Thank you gravity.
-click TNO an IAU link above for more information-

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Bring Pluto Back!

Is Pluto a planet after all? " In 2015 we will finally see the disputed icy ball up close, when NASA's New Horizons mission reaches Pluto. Thus, revealing a landscape and an active atmosphere. Pluto's atmosphere expands and contracts over the seasons and is stirred by large-scale electromagnetic waves. This has been revealed by observing how Pluto's atmosphere bends light when it passes in front of stars." Just because we do not understand Pluto now, does not mean we should have the rights to eliminate it altogether. Pluto has and will always remain a part of the solar system. Is there a ruled timing as to how long it takes to clear debris within its gravitational orbit? I believe that Pluto clears the debris but within its' time-frame not ours considering the distance of the solar system. Any researched information about the planet Pluto will be useful when comparing it to other objects in the solar system or universe. That is why it should remain a named planet for such references. If you believe we should bring the planet back send an email to iau@iap.fr and tell them how important Pluto is to you!

Monday, October 6, 2008

Again...Pluto

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sciencemath/8964
I could not resist the temptation. I had to post this link from thinkgeek.com
Pluto is not weak!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Planet Pluto


edit: Pluto should remain a planet in our solar
system.What are we going to call it Pluto the
satellite? Just keep it as Pluto being the smallest
planet in the universe...