only thing of note it might interact with would be Pluto
Is Pluto a planet again, or not? Honest question because
I don't keep up on these things because they have no practical effect other than drama...and I try to avoid drama.
No. It’s smaller than other moons in our solar system. It’s never going to be a planet again, but a planetoid, dwarf planet, or even asteroid is appropriate.
My (uninformed) guess is they will eventually reclassify all non-moon objects in hydrostatic equilibrium (anything round) as planets, which will make Pluto a planet again and bring in a half-dozen new objects.
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only thing of note it might interact with would be Pluto
Is Pluto a planet again, or not? Honest question because I don't keep up on these things because they have no practical effect other than drama...and I try to avoid drama.
No. It’s smaller than other moons in our solar system. It’s never going to be a planet again, but a planetoid, dwarf planet, or even asteroid is appropriate.
Just to be pedantic, Mercury is also "smaller than other moons in our solar system"
And never is a long time, especially for something as fickle as human classification.
You’re right, it’s about gravitational domination.
Agreed.
My (uninformed) guess is they will eventually reclassify all non-moon objects in hydrostatic equilibrium (anything round) as planets, which will make Pluto a planet again and bring in a half-dozen new objects.