Pluto loses status as a planet

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Originally Posted by Error

Planets orbit in a circle .. pluto orbits in an oval shape so they said its not a planet.
Hmmm gd way to win bets against people who dont know about the 8 planet thing :)

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why should us, the earthlings have the decision of whats called a planet?

wait; thats a really stupid question.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Its stupid, Why change it?

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Without a new nomenclature, these discoveries raised the prospect that textbooks could soon be talking about 50 or more planets in the Solar System.

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Scientists set a new standard which left pluto out. If they let pluto in they would also have to add a lot more planets.

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Originally Posted by Oracle:

Technically text-books need to be re-wrote as there are or were more than 9 planets anyway if you count beyond this star system. Most people believe Pluto shouldn't have lost it's status.

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So now Schools have got to waste Thousands of Pounds replacing old Books :$

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Originally Posted by Y?

why should us, the earthlings have the decision of whats called a planet?

wait; thats a really stupid question.

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LMAOOOOOOOOOO

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

So now Schools have got to waste Thousands of Pounds replacing old Books :$

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No mate. You're wrong there.

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Originally Posted by helen!

LMAOOOOOOOOOO

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don't laugh ]:

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Originally Posted by Gazgul

No mate. You're wrong there.

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No actually some stupid schools will do that.

Also I still regard Pluto as a Planet so: :p To the scientists

if they didnt change it there be around 50 planets to learn in are solar system "/

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Originally Posted by 01101101entor

if they didnt change it there be around 50 planets to learn in are solar system "/

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But why not just keep Pluto as a Planet since its well known, No one was forceing them to add the Other Little ones.

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

So now Schools have got to waste Thousands of Pounds replacing old Books :$

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They could just get a marker pen and scribble out pluto.