Damn Plutons! More planets offically added to solar system

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Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm

Yes. The paths of Neptune and Pluto cross every now and then which makes Pluto closer every so many hundreds of years. One day...I bet they will collide and then pluto will become a moon of Neptune.

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That isn't possible because at the time that Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, it is no where near Neptune due to it being above the plane.

http://www.scienzita.it/lezioni/scie...luto-orbit.jpg

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Originally Posted by bipper

I like 9. It is a nice, even, rounded number

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9 is not an even number...

I bet as soon as this get ratified there will be astrologers that will try to make a quick buck. Seeing as Ares and Scorpio once shared Mars as their influencing planet until the discovery of Pluto, I bet there will be people making books saying how the new planets will influence your life.

Anyways, I really think they should eventually use Minerva as a name. It just sounds cool.

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Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan

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Originally Posted by bipper

I like 9. It is a nice, even, rounded number

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9 is not an even number...

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Of course. That is part of the humor of the post. It is not a round number either. Nor is it nice.

No one gets me :mad2:

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Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan

Anyways, I really think they should eventually use Minerva as a name. It just sounds cool.

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Sounds good to me. We need a Hebe as well... sorry, Juventas.

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Originally Posted by starseeker

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Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm

Yes. The paths of Neptune and Pluto cross every now and then which makes Pluto closer every so many hundreds of years. One day...I bet they will collide and then pluto will become a moon of Neptune.

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That isn't possible because at the time that Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, it is no where near Neptune due to it being above the plane.

http://www.scienzita.it/lezioni/scie...luto-orbit.jpg

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Your picture doesn't help your point. The picture makes it look like pluto has 3 chances to crash into Neptune every pluto year.

actually, it is very possible that Pluto and Neptune could collide. It's just that it will take a few million years. It isn't like they revolve around the sun at the same speed. Sooner or later, if their paths keep crossing, they are bound to collide.

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Originally Posted by Avarice-ness

This is retarded.. I mean.. If we're going to name something a planet... atleast let it be something way out there so we can be all "OH HEY! THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAY QUALIFY AS A PLANET BUT IT WAS TO FAR AWAY" not find an asteroid/potential planet and go "Hey wow, I think you should be a planet, and we're going to screw you up and throw you in between Mars and Jupiter to confuse all the little boys and girls!" ... Charon and Xena warrior princess are like... the kind you can pass off.. well not really Charon because it went from moon to planet, as apparently Ceres' the asteroid can. I say we make the moon a planet, and while we're at it, we'll just call Jupiter a full fledged star, and we'll make Jupiter and Saturns largest moons planets as well! *waves arms around*

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Whether something is a planet or a moon depends on where the center of mass is around which they orbit. Because the barycenter is outside both bodies in the case of Pluto and Charon, it is a binary planet system. If, however, the center of mass is inside one of the bodies, that body is the planet (Assuming it meets the other criteria), and the other body is a moon.

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Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan

Anyways, I really think they should eventually use Minerva as a name. It just sounds cool.

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Minvera was actually considered as a name for Uranus, but wasn't adopted. We do have an asteroid 93Minverva.

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Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper

actually, it is very possible that Pluto and Neptune could collide. It's just that it will take a few million years. It isn't like they revolve around the sun at the same speed. Sooner or later, if their paths keep crossing, they are bound to collide.

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Thank you.

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Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm

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Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper

actually, it is very possible that Pluto and Neptune could collide. It's just that it will take a few million years. It isn't like they revolve around the sun at the same speed. Sooner or later, if their paths keep crossing, they are bound to collide.

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Thank you.

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There is a z axis not represented by that picture which seperates the orbits, or so I think she is saying that. Luckily, I only buy mars and moon real estate. Anyone buying up the bridges on the outer-planets is a freakin moron.

Bipper