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- Pluto Facts - NASA Science
Pluto is a complex and mysterious world with mountains, valleys, plains, craters, and glaciers It is located in the distant Kuiper Belt Discovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our solar system's ninth planet But after the discovery of similar worlds deeper in the Kuiper Belt, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union According to the
- About the Planets - Science@NASA
Our solar system has eight planets, and five dwarf planets - all located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy called the Orion Arm
- Pluto – Wikipedia
Pluto (IPA: [ˈpluːto] anhören ⓘ ?) ist der größte und zweitmassivste bekannte Zwergplanet des Sonnensystems und das am längsten bekannte Objekt des Kuipergürtels Er bewegt sich auf einer noch exzentrischeren Bahn um die Sonne als der Planet Merkur Sein Volumen entspricht etwa einem Drittel des Erd mondes
- Pluto: Everything you need to know about the dwarf planet
Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, it was demoted in 2006 to dwarf planet status We explore this icy body in more detail here
- Pluto Dwarf Planets - Science@NASA
Our solar system has five dwarf planets: In order of distance from the Sun they are: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris
- It Took Pluto Nearly 250 Years to Finally Orbit the Sun . . .
How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System
- Why is Pluto no longer a planet? | Library of Congress
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to that of a dwarf planet because it did not meet the three criteria the IAU uses to define a full-sized planet Essentially Pluto meets all the criteria except one—it “has not cleared its neighboring region of other objects ”The Rich Color Variations of Pluto NASA’s … Continue reading “Why is Pluto no
- Pluto Fact Sheet - NSSDCA
Pluto Observational Parameters Discoverer: Clyde Tombaugh Discovery Date: 18 February 1930 Distance from Earth Minimum (10 6 km) 4284 7 Maximum (10 6 km) 7528 0 Apparent diameter from Earth Maximum (seconds of arc) 0 11 Minimum (seconds of arc) 0 06 Mean values at opposition from Earth Distance from Earth (10 6 km) 5756 78 Apparent diameter (seconds of arc) 0 08 Apparent visual magnitude 15 1
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