Dwarf Planet Pluto

NASA believes Pluto may have an ice volcano.

Pluto is extremely far so therefore it would take over a decade to get there.

The gravity is probably very strong.Pluto is extremely cold due to how far it is

from the sun. Since Pluto is considered a dwarf planet, life there would be very

difficult. Maybe in a couple decades we might reach the peak of technology and

research Pluto and other planets more thoroughly. Hope this fixed any confusion.

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(Note regarding Pluto's gravity: The acceleration of gravity on Pluto's surface

is 0.583 meters/second2. That's 5.94% of its value on Earth's surface.

If you weigh 150pounds on Earth, you will weigh 8pounds 14.7ounces on Pluto.)

ice

Not that we are aware of. Pluto is too cold to support Earthly forms of life, and has no atmosphere to speak of.

It is possible, in science fiction, to create the sort of life form that could exist on Pluto; SF legend E.E. Smith did, and called them "Palainians". But it will be a LONG time before we can actually see if anything is there.

I don't expect anyone.

Pluto is the second most massive dwarf planet. Initially it was considered 9th planet of our solar system but a debate raged for 75 years over its legitimacy as a planet. Discovery of Eris a much bigger body urged International Astronomical Union to describe in 2006 what a planet is. According to the definition Pluto was stripped of its planetary status.

Beyond the orbit of Neptune, there are uncounted numbers of small icy objects such as Pluto, Sedna, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea. They are similar to both planets and comets and are made largely of frozen gases.

The term "plutoid" is also used to describe these Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs).

Pluto's diameter is 2374 kilometers. or 1,475 miles. Pluto has about the same amount of land as Russia.

It is now widely accepted that Pluto should not be classified as a planet, because more bodies more massive than it were discovered beyond its orbit. Also, it seems that it has characteristics similar to other objects in the Kuiper belt.

No. Gas giants are made primarily of hydrogen and helium. Such an atmosphere could not support enough oxygen for human life, as even if enough could be brought together, it reacts with hydrogen as soon as enough heat is introduced.

Well, you can't go to Pluto, on foot, you have to go by rocketship, I would say..... there is ummmmmmm....... 6 month's, I don't know how many km that is so, don't ask me! Thank you.

Applepie9995.

Because it was way too small to be a real planet.

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Some may be annoyed by my nit-picking. It is not that Pluto was singled out and redefined as a dwarf planet (and by the way it is not Pluto's size that is at issue). A definition of planet was decided upon, and according to the definition Pluto does not meet criteria to be considered a major planet. Pluto has not cleared its neighborhood (the Kuiper Belt) of debris. It may well be that Pluto's then-disputed place among the major planets fueled the need for a definition, but the definition was needed and the current one seems reasonable to most.

It doesn't follow the rules of a planet because there are hundreds like it. Humans didn't know it before because our technology has evoluted since the discovery of space. That is what my science teacher told me.

That is a great answer! and that about wraps it up.

Kuiper belt

I personally do not agree, mainly because then the astrologers who used Pluto as one of their items in their charts will now have to retire from their work.

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a lucky accident. It was predicted mathematically that there was a planet beyond Neptune. Not knowing this, Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Arizona did a very careful sky survey which turned up Pluto anyway.

On January 19, 2006 a space probe was launched and sent to Pluto. It was expected to reach Pluto in 2015. So it would take about 9 years to get to Pluto.

9 earth days

Yes - in fact, anything that has mass will exert a gravitational force (including comparably small objects, like a human being). Pluto's force of gravity is equal to 0.58m/s2, which is about 6% that of the gravity on Earth.

The New Horizons spacecraft. It will reach Pluto July 14th 2015.

In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to that of a dwarf planet. It was downgraded because it did not meet the three criteria the IAU uses to define a full-sized planet. Pluto meets all the criteria except one: it hasnâ??t cleared its neighboring region of other objects.

It would take approximately 2-3 hours to walk 12.5 kilometers on flat terrain at a moderate pace of about 4-6 km/h. Keep in mind that factors such as individual fitness level and stops along the way can affect the actual time taken.

Pluto is not considered a planet because it has not cleared other objects out of its orbit. It has a composition much like that of a comet, consisting of various ices, and so is not a terrestrial planet.