the larger round (well-more or less round) asteroids should be re-classified as planets now.
In effect, the asteroids are planetary bodies in any case, since most of them orbit the Sun independently. That many -- indeed almost all -- appear to fail the "roundness" test suggests they wouldn't fit the criterion set by Marc Buie for planetary designation, so they would have to be called something else, oh, why not "asteroids" or "planetoids" or some such. ;-)
But meanwhile, the debate over Pluto and the other large known KBOs is still odd. Those who want to "demote" Pluto seem to want to do so based on little more than ancient rivalry.
Time to get over it. Add lots more planets! Populate the Solar System!
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re: Yes, and maybe...
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- Bye bye Pluto!
- re: Never quite understood the interest in "demoting"
- Why not just 1 planet in this solar system?
- re: Bye bye Pluto!
- Typical Raoul EuroWarp Of History
- It's a MICKEY MOUSE Planet..........
- This American doesn't have a problem with demoting Pluto.
- Pluto the non-planet
- Putting the "Twerp" back in Antwerp, for over 45 years (n/t)
- A ridiculous comment
- What are your sources for this statement?
