NASA says our moon is a planet. (poll)

[Kanan]

I think this is a ploy to reopen the Pluto/planet debate rather than a serious attempt to reclassify our moon.

They simply want to change the deception of moons, to get more money. It's not a bad thing, but I would rather educate people on how important it is, than doing this.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Orbit makes more sense than mass alone. Orbits form because of mass so going by orbit gives a predictable hierarchy of mass. That said, it should be technically possible for two planets of near equal mass to be each other's moon.

 

[R-T-B]

Few if Any of the Existing Planets can be said to have cleared their orbits
Most of the recognized planets have Trojan Asteroids co-Orbiting with them A picky point for sure but a "Cleared Orbit is a Cleared Orbit " and those Trojens ain't Cleared Cause they are still there

That's why the relative mass rule is there.

 

[qubit]

I think this is a ploy to reopen the Pluto/planet debate rather than a serious attempt to reclassify our moon.

It could be an Pluto is even smaller.

 

[dorsetknob]

it should be technically possible for two planets of near equal mass to be each other's moon.

Pluto/Charon is / was Often referred to as a Binary Planet(oid) system due to their Relative size and Co Orbits

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Pluto/Charon is / was Often referred to as a Binary Planet(oid) system due to their Relative size and Co Orbits

I was actually thinking about how technically, the two masses together are the planet. Binary Planet(oid) makes perfect sense. I don't think there's any reason to change the status quo because the status quo works for what we know and what is theoretically known as possible.

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Scientists have proposed a new way to define planets based on ‘the physics of the world itself,’ citing technical flaws in the definition adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 as the reason for the possible overhaul.

If accepted, the geophysical definition would essentially classify all ‘round objects in space that are smaller than stars’ as planets, including Pluto, other dwarf planets, and even moons.

Scientists from NASA’s New Horizon’s mission will make their proposal at the Lunar and planetary Science Conference in March.


Adopting this definition would see roughly 110 objects in the solar system classified as ‘full-fledged’ planets, including dwarf planets and moon planets such as Ceres, Pluto, Charon, and our own moon.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Pluto's a planet and our moon is a moon. I have about as much experience on Pluto as any scientist so the debate it over.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Pluto's a planet and our moon is a moon. I have about as much experience on Pluto as any scientist so the debate it over.

And I have been to Disney World Florida 8 times so probably have more Pluto experience than them

 

[Vario]

I think we should make it a Sun. Go big or go home!

 

[de.das.dude]

Ever since i was a kid i always thought that the earth was hit by something huge where the pacific ocean is and a chunk went off and created the moon.

 

[Solaris17]

Technically the "Moon" IIRC is just an astronomical satellite. "Moons" as I recall are just an easy way to discuss other "satellites" around other astronomical bodies like "planets". "Moon" is just the name we gave our satellite.

In which case if im correct and I may not be it doesnt really matter to me in the slightest what we re-classify it as because it will always be "Moon"

 

[dorsetknob]

Technically the "Moon" IIRC is just an astronomical satellite. "Moons" as I recall are just an easy way to discuss other "satellites" around other astronomical bodies like "planets". "Moon" is just the name we gave our satellite.

And up untill Galileo Galilei Found and confirmed Satellite around other Planets All moons were called "The Moon" (because there was only one known one)
After Mr Galilei Dropped his Bombshell they had to call them Something to avoid confusing the middle age s Mind


Ps he could have wound up the Catholic church by calling them after Angels and Saints

 

[erocker]

I thought we had word planetoid for that ... our moon is a planetoid which is also an earth's satellite, and for example some of Mars moons are not planetoids but they are satellites and therefore also moons

Planetoid is another newer word, made up by whoever. This isn't science. It's a bureaucracy of generating legitimacy.

 

[BiggieShady]

Planetoid is another newer word, made up by whoever. This isn't science. It's a bureaucracy of generating legitimacy.

I wouldn't exclude possibility of Star Trek techno mumbo jumbo being the source ... as for bureaucracy of generating legitimacy, it has always been part of the science ... as parodied in Futurama when Stephen Hawking confronted with new portal-like phenomenon promptly says "I call it a Hawking hole!"

 

[Drone]

 

[alucasa]

I thought NASA said back in either 1972 or 73 that within 20 years we will have humans travelling to Mars?

When I was a kid, I recall reading a book that said we'd have flying cars by year 2000. Well, it's 2017 now. We don't even have a flying bike.

 

[MrGenius]

We don't even have a flying bike.

Actually I've seen several flying bikes/hoverbikes.

And even a couple true hoverboards.

I've even seen some "flying cars". But in my book they're called "airplanes you can drive".

 

[alucasa]

Actually I've seen several flying bikes/hoverbikes.

And even a couple true hoverboards.

No, no, I want a flying bike powered by two Badgers in SLI !!!

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

A new animation reveals a large sprawl of new worlds that may exist just beyond Pluto.

The orbits of these dwarf planets are illustrated to show that they outnumber the planets in our solar system by hundreds, if not thousands.

And a new definition of planets could turn many of these dwarfs into fully fledged planets.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/number-dwarf-planets-solar-system-2017-3?r=US&IR=T

 

[alucasa]

The space is farrrrrr from empty. There are stuff. We know and have seen like 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the Universe.

The same odd as winning the Powerball.