What happen to Pluto in the solar system?

Answer 1

Pluto was declared not a planet because it didn't obey one of the three rules that i needed to obey to be a planet. It had to clear its orbits, which Pluto didn't because of its minuscule size. Pluto is approximately the size of half the United States. Also Pluto wasn't the only Pluto floating around in our solar system, apparently there are other kuiper belt objects even bigger than Pluto that are not declared planets. If Pluto was a planet these other Pluto like objects would be too. I hope this helped you!

Answer 2

In 2006, the definition of a planet was changed. Three factors determine whether an object orbiting the sun is a planet:

1. It orbits the sun. (Yes)
2. It is large enough that its gravity makes it into a spherical shape. (Yes)
3. It is large enough that its own gravity prevents other objects from sharing its orbit with the sun. (No)

Pluto meets the first two of these requirements, but not the third. Pluto shares its orbit with many asteroids. Pluto is instead a "dwarf planet".

Pluto is also the only one of the original nine "planets" that does not have a circular orbit. Rather, it orbits the sun in an elliptical pattern.

Answer 3

Pluto was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union. This decision was made because its size and orbit did not meet the newly defined criteria for planethood. Pluto now resides in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies.

Answer 4

Pluto is still where it always used to be but it doesn't stand as a planet but a dwarf planet

Answer 5

Pluto is still there in space but now everyone has decided to classify it as a dwarf planet because it is unlike any of the other planets in so many ways

Answer 6

Scientists thought Pluto was oddly shaped ( like a potato ) And didnt think that it should be counted as a planet. So... Pluto is still there, but we dont count it as a planet.

Answer 7

There is a meteor hit Pluto.

Answer 8

It was reclassified as a dwarf planet.

Answer 9

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