Comment on Pluto's Orbit

superkret@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We’ve observed enough of its orbit to know what shape it is.

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  • NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How can you be so sure it doesn’t just decide to leave

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    • MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And who could blame it?

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not really big. There are multiple Pluto like planetoids. Also there is a hunk of rock in the asteroid belt youcould name a planet.

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  • psud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ceres is more than a third of the mass of the asteroid belt. It’s at least an order of magnitude bigger than anything else in its orbit. It’s hardly a hunk of rock

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    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s also not that much rock, only 73% of the mass. The rest is ice and mud, with half it’s volume being water in some form.

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• KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  By measuring how fast it’s moving and where it is you can find the orbit

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