It will be another exoplanet like all the others. Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 21, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
What is the IAU going to do when we detect a large, Earth-mass or larger "rogue" planet, between star systems, in interstellar space? A planet that was ejected from the system of it's birth. One day we will find them, and they won't be planets by the current definition.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Jeff Smith <utah-astronomy@unbiasedgeek.com
wrote:
As a high trained (aka I read a few books and Wikipedia) professional (in an unrelated field) all the following should be taken as gospel truth. :)
If we bring back Pluto can we bring back Ceres? It was a planet long before Pluto. We could also bring back Pallas, Juno, and Vesta as they were all considered planets at one point. We should also make Eris(might be bigger than Pluto), Haumea, and Makemake (my personal favorite) to the list as well.
In all honesty Pluto is still a planet, it is a Dwarf Planet. Big enough to reach hydrostatic equilibrium but small enough it cannot clear it orbital neighbourhood.
If you listen to the New Horizons briefings you may have noticed they always referred to it as the Pluto system. Because Pluto/Charon is a binary system. The barycenter lies outside of both Pluto and Charon. IMHO that make is super exciting.
Personally I think they should have reclassified all planets back in '06. e.g. Rocky Planets, Gaseous Planets, etc
That begin said if the scientific community cannot agree on a pronunciation on Chraon (is it /ˈʃærən/ or /ˈkɛərən/) then I suspect this debate shall never end.
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