Dwarf Planet Pluto
A dwarf planet that was the 9th planet from the Sun in our solar system until 2006 when it was determined it did not satisfy the requirements of being a planet.
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Shaniya n yOne light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles. Let's say that the car travels at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. It would take...
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All of them with the exception of Venus and Uranus
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Wrong.Moons are not planets.they are natural satellites.
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No. If it was, there would be someone there.
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Average and Closest DistancesPluto is an average of 5,913,520,000 km (39.5AU) from the Sun. Earth is an average of 149,600,000 km...
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The orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto is quite eccentric, meaning it's more of an oval than a circle. It actually comes "inside"...
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The new definition of planet excludes Pluto because a planet must have cleared its orbit. Pluto is a part of the Kuiper belt, and...
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Pluto's mass is only about 1/455th of Earth's and its gravity would be 1/15th. Earth-type plants could grow immensely tall....
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The Romans did not celebrate Pluto save in the sense as a god of wealth and a god of spring growth.
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Venetia Burney was born on July 11, 1918.
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Planets do not revolve around the Sun, they orbit. The planet which orbits slowest is Neptune at about 165 earth years per orbit...
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Pluto is very very very cold do to the fact that it is really far from the sun
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Pluto was discovered in 1930 by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. The existence of Pluto was predicted by perturbations of the...
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The temperature on Pluto is about as cold as physically possible. The planet receives almost no heat from the Sun, so most of its...
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Yes, it has ice all over it, however, I'm not sure if it's water or some other frozen liquid.
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Pluto did not disintegrate. It is still there, though rumor is that it disintegrated.
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None. But New Horizons spacecraft is expected to reach pluto july 14, 2015
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Currently, there are signs of wind on Pluto, but no evidence yet, until the NASA spacecraft arrives there in 2015. To have...
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Planetary Status World astronomers have declared that Pluto is no longer a planet under new guidelines. It is now considered a...
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No the earth is closer 2 the sun & has a smaller orbit than Neptune
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With excellent eyesight, on a very clear, still night, the unaided human eye can see stars of fifth magnitude.
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Saturn is a gas giant planet
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Pluto has an estimated: Diameter of 2,306 km Volume of 6.39 x 109 k Mass of 0.007×1022 kg
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Examination of photographic plates (probably using the blink method). Analysis of orbital variations (ordinary differential...
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As Pluto, a dwarf planet, is no longer counted as a planet, there are now only 8 known planets in our solar system. It remains...
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One "day" on Pluto (one rotation around its axis) is roughly 6.4 Earth days. A year (one orbit around the Sun) is about 248.09...
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Just like every planet in the solar system, Pluto (the "dwarf planet") is very nearly the shape of a sphere (a ball). Its...
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If you compare it to Earth and Earth is 1 for mass, Pluto is 0.002. 1.3057×1022 kg 2.8770×1022 pounds
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Pluto has four known moons. Charon, the largest one, Hydra and Nix, both very small. Charon was discovered in 1978, and Nix/Hydra...
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Although very cold, Pluto is still a few degrees off absolute zero. Zero kelvin is absolute zero, Plutos minimum reaches around...
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It is tiny, smaller than earth's moon. It is the furthest away object ever considered a planet. It has a very strange orbit for a...
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The temperature on Pluto ranges from about 33 kelvin (-240'C) to around 55 kelvin (-218'C).
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Pluto is no longer a planet because it to small to be a planet and it doesn't have a gravity pull. Also its orbit isn't the same...
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It is called the mystery planet because it is so far away, and we don't really know anything about it because we are unable to...
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Yes and no. It was decided on August 24, 2006 that Pluto be classified a dwarf planet. So it is not technically a full planet....
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pertaining to the Federal Republic of Germany
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To the best of my knowledge, it isn't. It is a regular star in a regular galaxy which will regalarly collide with Andromeda in a...
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Scientists say that Pluto's surface consists in part of ice, which would mean there would be enough surface moisture for it to...
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If you weighed 100 lb on Earth you would weigh 6.7lbs on Pluto. Simple calculations should solve any other weight. 1lb -...
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Uranus is closer to earth
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A year on Pluto (the time it takes to go around the Sun) is equivalent to 247.92 Earth years. Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto...
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Yes and more the first layer is made of frozen nitrogen the secand layer is made of water and ice and the thired layer is made of...
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Pluto is very cold. the warmest it gets is 55 Kelvin or around -218 degrees Celsius.
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Pluto never disappeared. It is right where it should be at this point in it's orbit, indeed, a space probe is on it's way to have...
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Pluto's gravity is about 7% that of Earth's. A person weighing 100 pounds on Earth, would weigh a mere 7 pounds on Pluto. The...
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For 2012 and 2013, Pluto will be about 3.1 billion miles from Earth.Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.4 AU. (An AU is...
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Venetia Burney (Venetia Katherine Douglas Phair, July 11, 1918- April 30,2009) was the young girl who suggested the name Pluto...
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Pluto was discovered on Tuesday 18th February 1930 by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
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Pluto is a dwarf planet because it isn't big enough to be a major planet. (Earth, Mars, Mercury, etc.) There are other dwarf...
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Pluto has three moons (known as of 2011). Charon is relatively large at 1,206 km diameter, about half the diameter of Pluto, and...
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Soon after its discovery, March 24, 1930. After the Roman god of the underworld.
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because pluto is no longer a planet it is a star
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Pluto has never been explored by a space probe before New Horizons is currently heading to Pluto and will fly past the planet...
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Mercury is the smallest of the 8 "major planets" with about 5.5% of the mass of Earth. It is smaller but more massive than the...
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It is not a gas giant, therefore it must be a terrestrial.
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Pluto, in fact, does have an atmosphere, but not like Earth's. When it is closest to the Sun, Pluto's nitrogen ice sublimes,...
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We have no real idea what colour Pluto is. In all likelihood it will be the same as most of the ice/rock moons - a dull grey. We...
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no but they sent out a probe to fly past Pluto in 2006. they said it should not get to Pluto until 2015. so like 9 years
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Saturn is over six times further from the sun than Mars.
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It's because the gass giants in our soler system are bigger than that of the terrestrial planets so their gravity is stronger,...
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No. It is a dwarf planet. Pluto and the Kuiper Belt objects may share structural similarities with asteroids, but the ones we can...
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Because it is not a true planet, it's designation has been changed after much debate and a vote by the leading experts in the...
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On the Space Shuttle The distance from Earth to Pluto is not constant, but averages to 3.57 billion miles. The Space Shuttle...
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Nitrogen, Methane, Carbone Monoxide.
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In 2006, the definition of a planet was changed. Three factors determine whether an object orbiting the sun is a planet:1. It...
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It is considered a Dwarf Planet for many reasons. One reason why it is the a Dwarf is because it goes through the Kuiper Belt...
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A spacecraft called New Horizons is currently heading towards Pluto and will fly by the planet and its moons in 2015. the...
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Well, Pluto is no longer considered a planet because, it has a unusual orbit which is different than other planets. so they just...
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Mercury and Venus have no moons, the other planets all do.Earth has one, Mars two, Jupiter and Saturn each more than 60. The...
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Pluto's rotation is 6.387 times slower than Earths. To put it more simply, one Plutonian "day" is 6.387 earth days.
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Pluto can be located in the region of the kuiper belt objects (KBO's). It is still considered to be within the Solar System as...
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In certain conditions, Pluto can appear to take on a pinkish hue.
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if its farther it will get less light
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Not at the present time because of the distance to Pluto. However, manned stations on Pluto would be possible using the same...
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Yes, Pluto is a part of the Milky Galaxy. Pluto is a part of our local solar system, and our solar system is in the Milky Way...
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Pluto has craters and so do other planets Pluto has some craters and some of the planet is justrocky because of the rock and ice...
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In 2006, got renamed from a "planet" to a "dwarf planet" * Pluto gets closer to the Sun than Neptune about 10% of its orbit. *...
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Pluto cannot support "life as we know it" without high technology. We have no way of knowing if there is some kind of super-cold...
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Pluto is still considered to be the the largest KBO, however there are several "scattered" objects that are believed to have come...
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Pluto, and it's moon Charon, are bodies known as Dwarf Planets. These objects are small bodies of mostly ice and rock that are...
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The name "Pluto" was proposed by Venetia Burney (later Venetia Phair), an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England. Venetia...
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Yes, according to the current definitions, Pluto is considered a "dwarf planet".
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Some people think it is because of an alien battle but scientists say its because of cemicals found on the planet.
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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally decided that Pluto was no longer a major planet at its annual meeting, on...
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The closest the two planets ever get is in excess of 17 AU (2,543,166,000 km). Pluto's orbit slips "inside" Neptune's, but the...
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Since there have been no spacecraft probes to fly-by Pluto, not much is known about this icy planet (the NASA probe New Horizons...
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its a perfect circle and big bang didnt create earth a flying coyboy on roket horse did
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for me, i say no!
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