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11.04.2026 / 18:58

Ten-year-old girl asked NASA chief to classify Pluto as a planet again. He responded

Ten-year-old girl Kaela, on her social media page, appealed to NASA chief Jared Isaacman with a request to officially recognize Pluto as the ninth planet of the Solar System.

Pluto in a 2015 image taken by the "New Horizons" automatic interplanetary station. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

According to The Times of India, the girl listed several reasons in her appeal why this should be done:

"It is part of our Solar System and was once a planet; it is a dwarf planet and deserves to be a real planet; it could make many people happy," Kaela wrote.

Repeating her request, she added:

"Perhaps it's not your choice, but if it is, please... do it... I would be very, very happy."

"Kaela, we are looking into this," replied the NASA chief.

As is known, Pluto held the status of the ninth planet of the Solar System since its discovery in 1930. However, in 2006, it was classified as a dwarf planet and removed from the official list of Solar System planets.

Навуковая класіфікацыя ці хацелкі дзяўчынкі?

11.04.2026

Рашэнне аб тым, што Плутон больш не лічыцца паўнавартаснай планетай, было прынята Міжнародным астранамічным саюзам у 2006 годзе. Навукоўцы перагледзелі само вызначэнне таго, што такое «планета».
Каб касмічнае цела лічылася планетай Сонечнай сістэмы, яно павінна адпавядаць тром патрабаванням:
1. Яно павінна абарочваецца вакол Сонца. (Плутон адпавядае).
2. Яно павінна быць досыць масіўным, каб пад дзеяннем уласнай гравітацыі прыняць сферычную форму. (Плутон адпавядае).
3. Яно павінна ачысціць сваю арбіту ад іншых аб'ектаў.
Менавіта на трэцім пункце Плутон «праваліўся». Ён знаходзіцца ў поясе Койпера — вобласці, напоўненай ледзянымі аб'ектамі і касмічным смеццем. Маса Плутона складае ўсяго каля 0,07% ад агульнай масы ўсіх аб'ектаў на яго арбіце. Для параўнання, Зямля ў 1,7 мільёна разоў цяжэйшая за ўсё астатняе на сваім шляху.

У пачатку 2000-х астраномы пачалі знаходзіць у поясе Койпера іншыя аб'екты, падобныя да Плутона. Асабліва важнай стала знаходка Эрыды, якая аказалася амаль такой жа па памеры, як Плутон, але больш масіўнай. Навукоўцы апынуліся перад выбарам: альбо прызнаць Эрыду (і яшчэ дзясяткі падобных цел) дзесятай, адзінаццатай і гэтак далей планетай, альбо стварыць новую катэгорыю.

Сёння Плутон афіцыйна называюць планетай-карлікам (dwarf planet). Гэта не «паніжэнне ў пасадзе», а больш дакладная класіфікацыя.
Дзякуй

11.04.2026

Навуковая класіфікацыя ці хацелкі дзяўчынкі?, дзякуй! Ад каментара больш толку, чым ад тэксту ў матэрыяле
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