The planet "Pluto" was recently reclassified as a dwarf planet because astronomers believed that it was too small to be classified as a "regulation" planet. The original images of Pluto made it look like a full size planet, but later observations revealed that it was about a tenth of the size that we first thought and that it had an orbit that can only be described as "wacky".
After a vote by the International Astronomical Union.
Pluto was redesignated as a dwarf planet. All the stars we can see are much bigger than the planets and many of them are bigger than the Sun.
In 2011, Pluto was classified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union. This decision downgraded Pluto from its previous status as the ninth planet in our solar system.
It was not kicked out of the solar system. It was downgraded to a dwarf planet. Dwarf planets and lesser items, like asteroids and comets, are all part of the solar system. Pluto was downgraded on the 24th of August 2006.
It is still known as Pluto, even though it was downgraded to a dwarf planet and given a number. So really we should call it 134340Pluto.
After a vote by the International Astronomical Union.
Pluto recently lost its status as a planet and is now a dwarf planet.
Pluto lost it's "planet" status and now is called a dwarf planet.
Pluto was redesignated as a dwarf planet. All the stars we can see are much bigger than the planets and many of them are bigger than the Sun.
In 2011, Pluto was classified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union. This decision downgraded Pluto from its previous status as the ninth planet in our solar system.
it WAS technically an outer planet before it got downgraded to a dwarf planet
Pluto was regarded as the ninth planet, from it's discovery in 1930, until it's reclassification as a dwarf planet in 2006.
Pluto was considered a planet until fairly recently. It has now been established as belonging to the kuiper belt, rather than our solar system - and thus has been 'downgraded' to a dwarf planet.
It was not kicked out of the solar system. It was downgraded to a dwarf planet. Dwarf planets and lesser items, like asteroids and comets, are all part of the solar system. Pluto was downgraded on the 24th of August 2006.
No planet was discovered in 1932. You probably mean Pluto. That was discovered in 1930. It has since been downgraded to a "dwarf planet".
Pluto has been downgraded to dwarf planet. It is still a planet but it is not a planet on the same levels as Mars or Earth, for example.
The planet Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in august 2006. Uranus, in comparison, is a gas giant, the opposite of a dwarf. It's big.pluto was a planet but now is a dwarf planet