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And then there were 8 - Pluto not a planet
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26/08/2006 07:54:17
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivie
 
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>Hi Hilmar
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>>Note that this doesn't exactly come as a surprise. It has been known for quite a while that Pluto's size is much smaller than the original estimate (smaller than our Moon, by the way, although this really doesn't prove anything), making the claim that Pluto was a planet doubtful. The controversy has been going on for quite a while now.
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>Mixing Astrology and Astronomy may not be right but I believe we have just one, call it either, and Indian Astronomy (Astrology) never had Pluto in it http://www.findyourfate.com/indianastro/grahas.htm Though it has 9 bodies (grahas). Though it does not even have Uranus and Neptune in it but then we have Rahu and Ketu (as you may read), just for my knowledge, is it probable, not being well versed in Astronomy Math, that Uranus and Neptune are generally found on the opposite sides during their orbits?

If you mean "one is generally opposite to the other", the answer is no.

Both have more or less circular orbits, meaning they will go (more or less) with constant velocity around the Sun (I think this can be used as a first approximation, to describe their approximate orbits).

Uranus goes around the sun once every 84 years (if you look at the data in Wikipedia, that would be the "Orbital period", Neptune, once every 164 years. (I rounded the figures to integers.)

This means that Uranus will "pass" Neptune once every 172 years, approximately. At that moment - once every 172 years - they will be more or less in the same direction, as seen from Earth. 86 years later, they will be on opposite side. This should also happen once very 172 years, approximately.

I am not sure in what relative position they are right now.
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