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.
The orbits of Pluto and Neptune cross, so sometimes Pluto is inside Neptune's orbit.
The planet with an orbit that intersects the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto is Neptune. Neptune, the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System, has an orbit that crosses Pluto's orbit due to its elliptical path around the Sun. This orbital relationship between Neptune and Pluto is one of the factors that led to Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
The outermost planet in our solar system, Neptune, is often referred to as the eighth planet. When Pluto was considered a planet (prior to 2006) during its orbit it would cross inside the orbit of Neptune making the latter the outermost planet.
Well technically there aren't any because Pluto is not a planet but Pluto does cross orbital paths with Neptune.
inner planets <<>> Pluto has a very elliptical orbit and Pluto crosses inside the orbit of Neptune during its travel. However Pluto has a highly inclined orbit as well so there is no likelihood of a collision.
The orbits of Pluto and Neptune cross, so sometimes Pluto is inside Neptune's orbit.
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.
The planet with an orbit that intersects the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto is Neptune. Neptune, the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System, has an orbit that crosses Pluto's orbit due to its elliptical path around the Sun. This orbital relationship between Neptune and Pluto is one of the factors that led to Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
The outermost planet in our solar system, Neptune, is often referred to as the eighth planet. When Pluto was considered a planet (prior to 2006) during its orbit it would cross inside the orbit of Neptune making the latter the outermost planet.
Well technically there aren't any because Pluto is not a planet but Pluto does cross orbital paths with Neptune.
inner planets <<>> Pluto has a very elliptical orbit and Pluto crosses inside the orbit of Neptune during its travel. However Pluto has a highly inclined orbit as well so there is no likelihood of a collision.
Pluto's orbit interferes with Neptune's orbit due to their gravitational interactions. This causes their orbits to cross over each other at points, though they do not collide.
No, all eight of the planets have orbits that are fairly close to circular, so none of their orbits intersect. However, Dwarf Planet Pluto has an orbit that is so elliptical that sometimes it is closer to the sun than Neptune.
No, Neptune and Pluto do not have the same orbit. Neptune orbits the Sun in a nearly circular path close to the plane of the Solar System, while Pluto has a more elliptical and inclined orbit that is skewed compared to the other planets. Additionally, Neptune's orbit is further from the Sun compared to Pluto's orbit.
There are no planets that cross the earth's orbit. Pluto (dwarf, or minor planet) and Neptune are the only planets whose orbits cross. However there are over 100 asteroids (minor planets) that cross the earth's orbit.
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.
Charon was once a candidate for being a solar planet, I believe, but it is now considered a satellite of Pluto.Pluto has three known moons. The largest, Charon, is proportionally larger, compared to its primary, than any other satellite of a known planet or dwarf planet in the solar system. The other two moons, Nix and Hydra, are much smaller.-Pluto's Natural Satellites (Wikipedia)Also, check out 'Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons' on Wikipedia. (That's the title of their article, by the way.)Sorry I didn't provide links to the wiki articles. I'm doing this anonymously, and I don't feel like figuring out the site for one answer when I'm on someone else's computer. Just copy and paste the titles of the articles if you want to read them.