  Around 2,500 scientists and astronomers are meeting in Prague
to discuss Pluto     Comments     Threshold   By JaredExtreme on
8/14/2006 7:05:46 PM , Rating: 0 My favorite will always be
uranus.  RE: . By retrospooty on 8/14/06, Rating: 0 RE: . By
Soccerman06 on 8/14/2006 7:40:46 PM , Rating: 2 What parameteres
must an object in space have to be considered a planet?  RE: .
RE: .  RE: . By Mclendo06 on 8/14/2006 11:04:48 PM , Rating: 2
What parameters must an object in space have to be considered a
planet?  The Problem is that no such parameters exist. One of
the things that I've read is that the way they may axe Pluto's
planet status is by making such a set of parameters which would
exclude Pluto. When first discovered, it was thought that Pluto
was closer to Earth's size, not Earth's moon's size, and so the
body was quickly given "planet" status. As it ends up (as the
article states) if something the size of Pluto counts as a
planet, then we know of a number of other objects that could
count as well, not