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Because it orbits a planet (the Earth), the Moon is disqualified as being categorized as a planet; and is thus a moon (lower case). So it is known as "THE Moon" and it is "a moon" since it is a natural satellite.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoPluto was the ninth planet. The eighth planet is Neptune. The order of planets from the sun is:
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
*Ceres
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
**Pluto/Charon
***Eris
* The asteroid Ceres is large enough its own gravity has pulled it into a spherical shape. Ceres was considered to be a planet longer than Pluto was.
** Pluto has one moon so large (Charon) they co orbit, and could thus be considered a binary planet. Pluto has two additional moons.
*** Eris is larger than Pluto, and there are a number of other Kuiper Belt objects large enough to be described as "dwarf" planets.
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∙ 11y agoNo one is sure, but some say it is a moon.
Some people, like astronomers, are sure it's a dwarf planet.
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∙ 13y agoAstronomers think that it was a moon that escaped from the planetary orbit.
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∙ 12y agoit has been classfied as a rocky object in the solar system that the gravitational it forces apply to
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Planet is the same size as Pluto?
Their is no planet the same size as Pluto, Mercury is slightly bigger than Pluto. As for other objects in the solar system, the dwarf planet Eris and Neptune's moon Triton are close in size to Pluto.
Which planet is smaller than Pluto?
Pluto is no longer considered a planet, it is now classified as a "Dwarf Planet". As a planet or a dwarf planet, Pluto was the smallest in our solar system. Mercury is now the smallest recognised planet. Pluto's equatorial diameter is 2,274 km. Mercury's equatorial diameter is 4,880 km.
What is the closet planet to Pluto?
The closest planet to Pluto is Neptune, the closest object would be Chiron which is Pluto's "moon", although it is little more than a captured asteroid.
When Pluto was considered a planet why was neptune the farthest planet from the sun from 1979 to 1999?
In 1999 Pluto was considered to be a planet. From 1979 to 1999, Neptune was further from the Sun than Pluto, because of Pluto's eccentric orbit.
What was the the planet that is no longer a planet in your solar system?
Pluto, it is now a dwarf planet or planetoid.
What planet is father away than Pluto?
Pluto is not a planet as of 2006so there are no other planets father than plutowhen Pluto was a planet it was the farthest away from the sun and i think it might be farthest from earth to
What is the coldest Planet other than Pluto?
Neptune
How is Pluto different from the other gas planets?
Pluto is smaller than Earth's moon, it is not a gas giant planet, it is a dwarf planet.
What planet do we know the most about other than earth?
Pluto
What is Pluto larger than?
Pluto is not larger than any planet it is the smallest planet that why it is call a dwarf planet.
Why is Pluto alone?
Pluto is not any more or less alone than any other dwarf planet.
Which planet is before Pluto?
the planet farther than Pluto is Eris the planet farther than Pluto is Eris the planet farther than Pluto is Eris the planet farther than Pluto is Eris the planet further than neptune is nothing in our solar system but out of our solar system it,s Eris
What moon is closer to its planet than any other moon in the solar system?
Charon to Pluto. Only now they're saying Pluto is not a planet.
How is Pluto different from other planets?
It is a dwarf planet. It is smaller than the other planets.
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.
Is the dwarf planet Pluto colder than Neptune?
Yes! dwaf planet Pluto is the coldist planet than planet Neptune because dwaf planet Pluto is far away from the sun and planet Nepune is closer to the Sun. So i think dwaf planet Pluto is the coldist.
Planet is the same size as Pluto?
Their is no planet the same size as Pluto, Mercury is slightly bigger than Pluto. As for other objects in the solar system, the dwarf planet Eris and Neptune's moon Triton are close in size to Pluto.
