Pluto. Poor thing...
Pluto
Pluto.
Pluto is probably nearly 50% water ice. Of course, it was demoted to "dwarf planet" status.
Pluto. It is now considered a dwarf planet.
No. Pluto is still perfectly intact. It was, however, demoted as it does not meet the new definition of a planet.
pluto
Pluto
Pluto.
Pluto is probably nearly 50% water ice. Of course, it was demoted to "dwarf planet" status.
Well, that it's a planet for starters. It was demoted to "dwarf planet" in 2006.
Pluto. It is now considered a dwarf planet.
In 2006 Pluto was redefined as a "Dwarf planet"; and not a true planet.
No. Pluto is still perfectly intact. It was, however, demoted as it does not meet the new definition of a planet.
Pluto.
Pluto. It used to be considered a planet. Now is it officially a dwarf planet. More like a big moon, or asteroid, instead of a planet.
The main reason is that it is so far away from the Sun, that it is considered part of the Kuiper belt - not the solar system. There are similar sized objects to Pluto in the Kuiper belt system, and thus Pluto was 'demoted' to dwarf planet status.
Mercury is the SMALLEST (littlest) PLANET in our solar system, it WAS the SECOND SMALLEST PLANET PRIOR TO Pluto being demoted from a classification of Planet, to a classification of Planetoid.