Sentences with phrase «dwarf planet status»

Haumea is unique because of its ellipsoid shape, only just meeting the hydrostatic equilibrium criteria for dwarf planet status.

It is being referred to as the ninth planet, since poor Pluto had been demoted to dwarf planet status, leaving only eight «real» planets, which does not sit well with a lot of people who still believe that Pluto should be classified as a proper planet, not just a mini-version of one.

And the International Astronomical Union's demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet status in 2006 seemed to make it even more interesting to the public.

I have always been surprised at the annoyance over Pluto being «demoted» to dwarf planet status (21 July, p 11).

Not exact matches

DeGrasse Tyson's argument has to do with the fact that he doesn't believe that Pluto's size is qualified for planet status, even though NASA has announced that the dwarf planet is slightly larger than they thought.

Ceres received a minor upgrade to «dwarf planet» in 2006, part of the same process that demoted Pluto to the same status.

Q7 Pluto's large moon, Charon, was briefly considered for planetary status in 2006, before Pluto itself was relegated to dwarf planet.

Since that discovery hundreds of large objects, most more than 100 kilometers in diameter, have been spotted in the Kuiper Belt, including some of the roughly Pluto - size bodies that spurred a redefinition of the word «planet» and relegated Pluto to dwarf status.

One amendment would have left its status open to debate by creating two categories of planets — the eight «classical planets» as well as «dwarf planets» — that might have seemed to be on equal footing.

Ceres is so big that six years ago the International Astronomical Union upgraded its status to «dwarf planet,» putting it on equal footing with Pluto.

Pluto becomes just another «plutoid» Opponents of Pluto's 2006 demotion from planet to «dwarf planet» status have a new reason to be peeved at astronomy's official name - issuing organization.

If the early results hold up, this time it's the dwarf planet Eris's turn to be demoted, and Pluto might have just regained its status as the largest object in the Kuiper Belt, the ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune.

Many of them put up a fuss two years ago when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded Pluto to the status of mere dwarf planet.

The ability to clear the orbit was one of the main criteria the IAU used in 2006 to justify changing Pluto's status from planet to dwarf planet.

On August 24, 2006, Pluto's status was officially changed from planet to dwarf planet.

Title: The Transit Light Source Effect: False Spectral Features and Incorrect Densities for M - Dwarf Transiting Planets Author: Benjamin V. Rackham, Dániel Apai, and Mark S. Giampapa First Author's Institution: The University of Arizona Status: Published in ApJ

Pluto may have recently been demoted to the status of dwarf planet, but as astronomers learn more about this distant body, they are learning it behaves more like a planet than once believed.

Similarly to dwarf planets, there are potentially hundreds of plutoid objects in the solar system that have yet to be given official status.

That means the frigid object probably harbors enough mass to be shaped into a sphere by its own gravity, entitling it to «dwarf planet» status, researchers said.

The subsequent relegation of Pluto to «dwarf planet» status became worldwide news.

Pluto, which was discovered in 1930, was considered the ninth planet in the Solar System until 2006 when astronomy's ruling body, the International Astronomical Union, demoted it to the status of dwarf planet.