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How is Pluto more like Quaoar and Sedna than it is like Neptune?
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Pluto, Sedna, and Quaoar are all solid objects with icy surfaces and are small when compared to the planets of the solar system. Saturn is a giant planet primarily composed of hydrogen and helium. It does not have a solid surface.
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What are the planets in the scattered disc?
The scattered disk beyond the orbit of Neptune doesn't contain any true planets as such, but a number of icy minor planets (like Sedna), the largest known of which is Eris (which is larger than Pluto).
Is Venus warmer than Pluto?
Yes Pluto is -205 and Neptune is -220Yes because Pluto is -205 and neptune is -220. why? like venus, neptune has little clouds that keep the cold in. Its the same as venus being hotter than mercury. even though Pluto is futher than Neptune, neptune is colder
What planet replaced pluto?
Pluto didnt get replaced, its still there. There were other planets like Pluto that were discovered in the last couple of decades or so - the same sort of size and further out from the sun. These include Makemake and Sedna to name a couple.
What orbits stars?
Mainly planets, which may have moons, but stars are also orbited by dwarf planets (like Pluto and Sedna), and space debris (like our asteroid belt).
Does the orbit of Pluto sometimes cross that of the planet Neptune?
Pluto has a highly elliptical orbit which is at a steep angle to the ecliptic.The ecliptic is the plane that contains the sun's apparent motion through the skies from earth's point of view. Pluto is a K.O. (Kuyper Object, an object from the Kuyper Belt, more like an icy comet than an asteroid). It does travel within the orbit of Neptune for a few years out of its long orbit, but never in a way that will bring it crashing down onto Neptune. Pluto is locked into a special harmonic relationship with Neptune which prevents that from happening. For every 2 orbits of Pluto there are 3 orbits of Neptune. They are never close enough to collide. Pluto spends the vast majority of its orbital time in the Kuyper Belt, beyond Neptune's orbit.
Is Eris rocky or gas giant?
It is a dwarf planet. 136199 Eris is just a large trans-Neptunian object like 136108 Haumea, 50000 Quaoar, 134340 Pluto, 136472 Makemake, 225088 (2007 OR10), 90482 Orcus and 90377 Sedna.
What are the planets in the scattered disc?
The scattered disk beyond the orbit of Neptune doesn't contain any true planets as such, but a number of icy minor planets (like Sedna), the largest known of which is Eris (which is larger than Pluto).
What does the terrain of Pluto look like?
Pluto is thought to resemble Neptune's moon Triton.
Is Pluto a planet I need a yes side and a no side to this and info must be accurate.?
Pluto is not a planet. It is considered to be a Dwarf planet like Ceres, Eris, and Sedna.
Is Venus warmer than Pluto?
Yes Pluto is -205 and Neptune is -220Yes because Pluto is -205 and neptune is -220. why? like venus, neptune has little clouds that keep the cold in. Its the same as venus being hotter than mercury. even though Pluto is futher than Neptune, neptune is colder
What planet replaced pluto?
Pluto didnt get replaced, its still there. There were other planets like Pluto that were discovered in the last couple of decades or so - the same sort of size and further out from the sun. These include Makemake and Sedna to name a couple.
How would you describe Neptune's orbit?
Neptune's orbit is more like Pluto's orbit, slightly tilted.
How long it takes to obrit the Pluto?
It takes pluto 248 years to orbit the sun but sometimes it depends on neptune because they swap places so if pluto was in neptune place it would then take 220 years or something like that.
What is are star?
Our star is the sun, the sun is what all of our 8 planets orbit, it would be 9 planets about Pluto is not considered a planent...since we are talking about Pluto, it could be the moon of a planet called: Neptune, this can somehow happen because Pluto and Neptune, cross each othr at a certain time, and since Neptune is so huge compared to Pluto, Pluto might get trapped and become Neptune's moon, just like how Earth has a moon.
What orbits stars?
Mainly planets, which may have moons, but stars are also orbited by dwarf planets (like Pluto and Sedna), and space debris (like our asteroid belt).
Does the orbit of Pluto sometimes cross that of the planet Neptune?
Pluto has a highly elliptical orbit which is at a steep angle to the ecliptic.The ecliptic is the plane that contains the sun's apparent motion through the skies from earth's point of view. Pluto is a K.O. (Kuyper Object, an object from the Kuyper Belt, more like an icy comet than an asteroid). It does travel within the orbit of Neptune for a few years out of its long orbit, but never in a way that will bring it crashing down onto Neptune. Pluto is locked into a special harmonic relationship with Neptune which prevents that from happening. For every 2 orbits of Pluto there are 3 orbits of Neptune. They are never close enough to collide. Pluto spends the vast majority of its orbital time in the Kuyper Belt, beyond Neptune's orbit.
Are there any dwarf planets that start with q?
The trans-Neptunian planetoid named "50000 Quaoar" was discovered in 2002 by two of the Palomar Observatory team members that found "Eris" three years later, in 2005. It is a dwarf planet 'candidate' about half the size of Pluto, and is sometimes slightly closer to the Sun than Pluto (mean distance 6.5 billion kilometers or 43 AU). It is referred to as a "cubewano" (classical Kuiper Belt Object) as opposed to a "plutino" which like Pluto would be influenced by the gravity of Neptune. Quaoar has one satellite, tentatively named Weywot. Both names are from the mythology of the Tongva, an Amerindian group native to southern California.
