Political compass for the21st century

[Eric the Green]

(05-20-2020, 03:33 AM)Blazkovitz Wrote:

Eric the Green Wrote:Pluto is a planet, and Sedna and Eris maybe not, but Eris and Pluto are included by astronomers in a small category of dwarf planets, of which Pluto is the most significant.

Pluto has bigger diameter, but Eris is more massive. Couldn't astrologers include Eris as well?

Some do include Eris. I don't, particularly. I refer to it and all the minor and dwarf planets in my discussion of Planetary Dynamics, however.

I don't think we know that Eris is more massive. And what many forget is that Pluto is a dual planet; Charon must be included in the mass. They are connected to each other as a virtual single body. The uniqueness of this duality also makes Pluto stand out from other planets, dwarf or otherwise.

And size is not the only factor, as I said. There is also the resonance of Pluto's orbit with the other two outer planets. And the fact that Pluto is used successfully to make predictions, and is a major factor in world events and historically-known cycles, according to astrologers.

I can myself find no significant cyclic correspondence with Eris. It is also stuck in one place most of the time. Some astrologers I know, though, see the current 90-degree angle between these two dwarf planets as significant.