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Pluto is smaller than the eight major planets. It is the second-largest "dwarf planet" in the solar system (only Eris appears to be larger).

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Is Pluto a gaseous dwarf planet?

No. Pluto is a rocky/icy dwarf planet. In fact, no dwarf planets are gaseous.


Why is Pluto known as a planet but it is a dwarf planet and no other dwarf planets are?

Well, Pluto isn't recognized as a planet, but as a dwarf planet. Also, there are other dwarf planets, but they are more like really big comets than they are planets.


What is Pluto really?

Pluto is a dwarf planet. there has been dwarf planets found bigger then pluto.


What is Pluto's number from the sun?

When Pluto was classified as a planet it was 9th from the Sun. But, it's now classified as a dwarf planet and, counting both planets and dwarf planets, Pluto is 10th from the sun.


How does the planet Pluto rate in terms of the other planets in term of size?

Pluto is smaller in size compared to the other planets in our solar system. It is classified as a dwarf planet, with a diameter that is smaller than Earth's moon. Among the eight recognized planets, Pluto ranks the smallest.


Is Jupiter a planet or a dwarf-planet?

No. Jupiter is not a dwarf planet. Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Hauma are dwarf planets.


How is Pluto different from regular planets?

It is a dwarf planet.


How is Pluto different from your 8 planets?

it is a dwarf planet


What are dwarf planets orbit like?

the planet pluto


What number planet is pluto?

It depends if you count all planets, or just dwarf planets:On the list of all 13 planets including dwarf planets, pluto is the 10th from the sun.If you only count only the 5 dwarf planets, it is the second dwarf planet from the sun (the first is Ceres).


What category of planets is Pluto in?

It is no longer technically a planet, but a dwarf planet.


When does Pluto cross?

None of the eight planets has an orbit that crossesanother. Dwarf planets (which include Pluto) and Dwarf Planet candidates do cross orbits of planets and each