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Can Pluto become a planet again?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

No. It is out of the question, as long as the current definition of planet prevails. In order to be a major planet (Pluto is a minor, or dwarf planet) it would have to clear a large area of the Kuiper Belt (the asteroid belt where Pluto spends most of its time) of any objects-- at least objects that are close to it in size and location. It's not likely that Pluto will ever do this. Pluto has that other oddity as well; it travels inside of Neptune's orbit for roughly 15 years out of every orbit. No other planet pair does this. There is no danger of Pluto crashing into Neptune, because Pluto and Neptune have an exact harmonic relationship. This includes the fact that for every 3 Neptunian orbits, Pluto makes 2. So some consider Pluto to be more like a moon of Neptune rather than a planet per se.

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