The International Astronomical Union (IAU) had just voted Pluto out of planet hood on August 24, 2006. To many people, this was such a horrible dramatic change. There have been petitions on the Internet trying to reverse the decision. Pluto has been a planet for over 70 years and now the IAU decides to demote it to a “dwarf planet”: what a bad decision.
Pluto is an interesting subject interesting with a lot of information on it. For example, the temperature read for Pluto is about -360° to about -390° Fahrenheit. It is the coldest of any planet. It's name means the roman god of the underworld. Charon (Pluto's moon) is the boatman who rowed souls through the river of Styx to where Pluto ruled(1). Clyde Tombaugh was the first American to discover a planet(2). Pluto was founded 76 years ago and still is in the Kupier belt, 3.5 billion miles away from the sun. Hence, Pluto is a great subject to study with lost of great interesting information.
Although many people think that Pluto should be a planet, many don't. Many people think that Pluto is just a big ball of ice. The coldest Pluto gets is around -390° Fahrenheit. A thick layer of ice covers Pluto year round. As Pluto get closer to the sun, the ice defrosts and Pluto is then covered in snow. The warmest Pluto ever gets is around -360° Fahrenheit. Though it is just a big ball of ice it is spherical, scientists can get temperature readings, and Pluto has an atmosphere (1). The sphere shape is just like any other planet, and is just one part of a definition of planet (2). Even though Pluto is missing one part of the definition of a planet, it has 3 of the 4 parts and was a planet for 70+ years so it shouldn't really matter. Pluto has a stable atmosphere. The atmosphere is made up of gases such as, methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide (1). Finally, many people have mixed thoughts about Pluto and is a topic that should be reviewed more.
Most people who do not want Pluto to be a planet will say that Pluto is very small. Pluto is in fact smaller than a lot of asteroids, seven moons, and of course every other planet. The asteroids that Pluto are smaller that are 2003 UB313 (Xena), and Ceres. If Pluto would to become a planet than Xena and Ceres would have to become planets as well, and no one knows how many asteroids are out there that a bigger than Pluto. Seven moons are larger than Pluto.
They include The moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan, and Tritan. Many arguments have been that if Pluto were to become a planet, would these moons as well? There would be too many planets than if Pluto were to become a planet again because, it would add Xena, Ceres, and the seven moons. Although there are many arguments against Pluto, there are many arguments for it. One, for example, is just make the asteroids planets as well, the more the merrier. Pluto being a planet would add Xena, Ceres and the seven moons. That is just tons of more information to explore. Even if some of the moons are bigger than Pluto, Pluto was the first planet discovered by the US. Taking away Pluto is just disregarding years of research on it and now the U.S. hasn't officially discovered anything in terms of planets (2). Therefore, Pluto should be considered a planet, even if it means adding 2 more planets.
Charon is Pluto's one and only moon. Pluto and Charon orbit together in synchronization. They eclipse each other for 6 years every 124 years. Every other planet has a moon as well as Pluto. Therefore Pluto, as every other planet, has a moon and should be classified as a planet. The best pictures of Charon have been discovered with the Hubble space telescope. Hubble is finding new information daily as well as new celestial objects concerning Pluto and Charon. By gathering more information every day that is just another argument saying Pluto should be classified as a planet (1). Thus, Charon is Pluto's one and only moon and could help bring Pluto back into “planet hood.”
Pluto has been a planet for over 70 years and it was the first planet discovered by the U.S. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in the Lowell Observatory in Arizona on January 23, 1930. It was the first planet discovered by America. During the 70+ years Pluto has been a planet, much information has been discovered. Pluto does have an atmosphere of methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide. It is one of the only things in the Kupier Belt that we have information about. Pluto has gravitational pull. When Pluto gets closer to the sun in it's orbit, the ice defrosts on it and snow is pulled back to the surface (1). That's why Pluto should be a planet: it was founded over 70 years ago and was the first planet discovered by the U.S.
At a time during its orbit Pluto passes in front of Neptune and becomes the 8 th planet for a while. If Pluto were to be re-voted a planet, then the IAU would have to add Xena, and Ceres as planets as well. The argument regarding Pluto being removed from the solar system should also apply to Neptune, because it becomes the farthest planet from the sun for a while. Neptune, during that period of time, becomes the farthest and coldest planet. The IAU has to put more thought, discussion, and they have to research more about what would happen to other celestial objects concerning the Pluto argument. Two celestial objects who would become planets are Xena, and Ceres. This is so because they both are larger than Pluto and therefore should be planets anyway. Hence, Pluto passes Neptune in orbit at a time which should be taken in consideration, and also if Pluto were to be a planet, so should Xena, and Ceres.
In conclusion, Pluto just got voted out of planet hood by the IAU, and with only 4% out of 9000 people voting. This was a terrible decision because Pluto had been a planet for over 70 years. Just like any other planet, Pluto has a moon: Charon. Pluto crosses over Neptune's orbit and becomes the 8 th planet for a while. For Pluto to become a planet again we must take a stand and vote for Pluto!
