Physics, asked by jake5437, 2 months ago

Why asteroids are not called planets

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Answered by chavi131978
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Asteroids were not considered planets because they are too small and numerousa . planet is a large body, orbiting around the sun (or more generally around a star), in the plane of the ecliptic. Large objects are planets, small bodies are asteroids. Planets are confined to this plane, while asteroids can have quite high inclinations compared to this plane.

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Answered by pr960253
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hello dear

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astroid were not considered planet because they are too small and numerous ..pluto is too small and it orbit too elliptical to fit that planet category lattis says. "to be consistent we've developed a new category of 'dwarf planet ' that include pluto two similar objects

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