Would this work for every solarsystem?

[kmarinas86]

Instead of calling them dwarf, large, small, planets, etc. Why not attribute them to the type of belt which they belong to?<br /><br />terrestrial belt - belts containing Mecury-like, Venus-like, Earth-like, and Mars-like objects<br /><br />asteriod belt - belts containing Ceres-like, Vesta like<br /><br />jovian belt - belts containing Jupiter-like, Saturn-like, Uranus-like, and Neptune-like object<br /><br />kuiper belt - belts similar to asteriod belts, but in the icy realm<br /><br />oort cloud - not a belt, but a cold spherical halo like the one surrounding the sun<br /><br />The order of such belts (and more) do not have to be in the same order in all solarsystems. It's less arbitrary in that the classification is easy.<br /><br />From this classification, it is easy to define a planet. A planet may be a member of terrestrial belt or a jovian belt, but not a member of an asteriod belt, kuiper belt, or oort cloud.

 

[ittiz]

Hmm the only problem is that we don't know much about belts yet. what if a belt was really wide and streached from where our asteriod belt does to the kuiper belt? It would probably contain things like Ceres and things like Pluto.

 

[dragon04]

Seems fairly logical to me, kmar.<br /><br />I've always thought that the term "bodies" should be subsituted for the word "planet".<br /><br />I say this because terrestrial bodies are as different from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune as apples are from oranges.<br /><br />The only commonality they have is that generically speaking, they are both fruit.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>"2012.. Year of the Dragon!! Get on the Dragon Wagon!".</em> </div>

 

[Kalstang]

The problem I see in this is not just that we dont know enough of "belts" but that we as a species must name and catgorize EVERYTHING no matter how small or big. Humanity as a whole tends to be extremely organized in this respect. If we cant fit it in a certain catagory then we WILL make a catagory for it. Even the catagories have sub catagories and those even more sub catagoreies. It's just human nature. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ffff00"><p><font color="#3366ff">I have an answer for everything...you may not like the answer or it may not satisfy your curiosity..but it will still be an answer.</font> <br /><font color="#ff0000">"Imagination is more important then Knowledge" ~Albert Einstien~</font> <br /><font color="#cc99ff">Guns dont kill people. People kill people</font>.</p></font><p><font color="#ff6600">Solar System</font></p> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

<i>"From this classification, it is easy to define a planet. A planet may be a member of terrestrial belt or a jovian belt, but not a member of an asteriod belt, kuiper belt, or oort cloud."</i><br /><br />Your classification is pretty much where we stand right now. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

What is the problem with categorizing everything? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[qso1]

So far we only have our own solar system as a model. We have no data as yet to show if other stellar systems have similar belts or if they are vastly different.<br /><br />We do have some reasonable estimates for what you refer to as the terrestrial belt but if you find a system with a gas giant residing within that belt, what then? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Try out Zeta Leporis in the constellation of Lepus the Hare.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Zeta Leporis asteroid belt to same scale.<br /><br />Andrew Brown.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Sorry did not attach.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>