As of 2013, Pluto has been classed as a dwarf planet for 7 years.
Pluto is considered to be two different things. 1. Pluto is a dwarf planet. It is in hydrostatic equilibrium (round) and it orbits the sun, but it has not cleared its neighborhood of debris. What's its neighborhood? The Kuiper belt, a collection of icy objects similar to comets that somewhat resembles the asteroid belt. This leads to its second classification. 2. Pluto is a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). Specifically, it's classified as a plutino - an object within a certain zone of the Kuiper Belt.
The dwarf planet that takes 252 years to orbit the sun is called Pluto. It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
Pluto was recently reclassified as a dwarf planet after being considered the 9th planet for over 80 years. This was due to the discovery of several Pluto-sized objects is similar orbits to Pluto, and the suspected existence of hundreds or thousands more.
Ceres and Pluto are both considered to be 'dwarf planets.' There are roughly half a dozen recognized dwarf planets in our solar system. Pluto, originally recognized as the ninth planet, was 'downgraded' a few years ago from planet to dwarf planet.
The planet you are referring to is the dwarf planet Pluto, which takes just over 248 years to orbit the Sun.
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, after being known as a major planet for 76 years.
As of 2013, Pluto has been classed as a dwarf planet for 7 years.
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The dwarf planet, Pluto, has a year of 247.9 Earth years.
Pluto is considered to be two different things. 1. Pluto is a dwarf planet. It is in hydrostatic equilibrium (round) and it orbits the sun, but it has not cleared its neighborhood of debris. What's its neighborhood? The Kuiper belt, a collection of icy objects similar to comets that somewhat resembles the asteroid belt. This leads to its second classification. 2. Pluto is a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). Specifically, it's classified as a plutino - an object within a certain zone of the Kuiper Belt.
81 years ago, the PLANET Pluto was discovered. It wasn't reclassified as a "dwarf planet" until 2006.
The dwarf Planet Pluto
The dwarf planet that takes 252 years to orbit the sun is called Pluto. It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
The dwarf planet Pluto. No "planet" takes that time.
You might be thinking of Pluto, a dwarf planet, orbits the sun every 247.68 years. Pluto, however, is not a planet.
The dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
The dwarf planet Pluto is the planet with a year 248 earth years long.