https://briankoberlein.com/2015/11/11/all-the-makings-of-a-planet/ Brian Koberlein Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 https://briankoberlein.com/2015/11/11/all-the-makings-of-a-planet/#comment-3213 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 01:07:56 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5438#comment-3213 Doesn’t bother me to continue classifying Pluto as a TNO or Kuiper Belt Object. Meanwhile, there can be little doubt about how to classify 2014 MU69, the 20 mile diameter rock that is the next target of New Horizons.

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/11/11/all-the-makings-of-a-planet/#comment-3212 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:32:06 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5438#comment-3212 Neptune is more than 8,700 more massive than Pluto. Compared to Neptune, Pluto is just a large rock.

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/11/11/all-the-makings-of-a-planet/#comment-3211 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:57:31 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=5438#comment-3211 Can you please explain how, based on new defintion is Neptune a planet when it hasn’t cleared pluto from its orbit.

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