Thanks to Google Instant, you can get an inside look at the burning questions Internet users want to know.
For a little fun, we took a look at Friday’s top five auto-complete entries for “why isn’t” on Google.ca. The results reveal widespread interest in the Royal Family’s title conventions, anger at Wall Street and social networking, and general wonderment about the world.
Top 5 “why isn’t” searches:
1. Why isn’t Prince Philip king
2. Why isn’t Pluto a planet
3. Why isn’t Wall Street in jail
4. Why isn’t Facebook working
5. Why isn’t Kate Middleton a princess
Google Instant is an enhancement made to the Google search engine, introduced in September 2010. Google says its instant search function will save users 2 to 5 seconds every time they search. So you can find out why we don’t call the number 11 “onety one” just that much faster.
And in case you were wondering, Pluto is no longer considered a planet because advancements in space observatories over the past few decades have changed our understanding of our Solar System.
After studying the outer Solar System, astronomers started to find more and more objects with similar, or larger, mass than Pluto, made up of roughly the same rock and ice mixture. Because of these discoveries, our previously held belief that there are nine planets in our Solar System began to degrade.
In 2006 astronomers decided to re-work the definition of a plant.
According to Universe Today, in order for an object to be a planet is must:
(1) Orbit around the Sun
(2) Have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape
(3) Clear the neighbourhood of its orbit
Any object, such as Pluto, that doesn’t meet the third requirement is considered a “dwarf planet.”
So what is Pluto? Astronomers have found that Pluto and its moons are just a large example of a Kuiper Belt object.
And to any Internet users who can sympathize with the oft-typed “why isn’t Facebook working” query, there are numerous online chat and support groups available.
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