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reply posted on 25-5-2004 @ 02:26 AM by Darkblade71
I was just going to suggest it could be a moon from maybe one of the planets that got thrown out while everything was still forming.


When the solar system formed it is believed that the sun was surrounded by a disk or rocks and dust and gas, as it condenced and sucked in gass, the rocks swirling around it colided with each other forming planets. During this period, lots of mini planets (planetesimals) (sp) were forming, some got flung out twards the edged of the solar system before the gravity of the sun stopped them (orrt cloud and photon belt?). Some got sucked into gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. Big solar vaccuums. Others kept going out farther and some were swung around saturn and caught in its gravity field became moons as are most if not all moons.

(I hope I am getting this right cause its been a while since I read up on the creation of the solar system)

A nice solar system link:
www.nineplanets.org...

my theory is that pluto is a moon of one of the gas giants that was hit or knocked out of orbit and flung outwards before it slowly was caught in the gravity of the sun and became an orbital "planet".

Gravity holds the planets in a orbit around the sun, they are locked into this. Kind of like how a drain swirls, they spun around, but don't get sucked in because of thier own mass pulling them away while the sun pulls the twards ballencing it out? OMG, I have no clue if that is even closely correct, just makes sense to me...LOL I am not a physist (sp) or an astronomer though I do love to ponder how things form and move sometimes...so don't be to hard on me if I am wrong!


Thats what happens when you just go off the top of your head without any knowlege of something as vast and large as the solar system.

Was fun to think about though!

[Edited on 25-5-2004 by Darkblade71]
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