Monday, November 9, 2009

Planet?



Over the last few decades scientists have studied and researched the Solar System.
Suddenly they found out that Pluto is not considered a planet anymore and I will tell you why
in the following reasons. To determine if a body in the universe is a planet they have to pass through three rules. The first one is that it needs to be in orbit around the sun. The second is that it needs to have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape. And the third is that it needs to have "cleared the neighborhood" of its orbit. Pluto has the first two rules but on the third one it does not. Eris, is another reason why Pluto is not a planet.

My body, Hermes asteroid is not considered a planet because it does not pass any of the rules. It does not orbit the sun, it does not have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape, and it can't clear the neighborhood of its orbit.

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