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Dwarf Planet Pluto
A dwarf planet that was the 9th planet from the Sun in our solar system until 2006 when it was determined it did not satisfy the requirements of being a planet.
2,286 Questions
Who found Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006?
pluto was found as a dwarf planet by the international astronomical union on august 24th 2006
What would happen if Pluto was made of plutonium?
Plutonium doesn't occur in nature as far as we know, but if Pluto were made of solid Plutonium, nothing would happen. Pluto is not near anything that might be affected.
Who many plutos fit in mercury?
The average radius of Mercury is approx 2.06 that of Pluto so that Mercury has a volume which is approx 8.7 times that of Pluto.
Why does Pluto have more moons than the moon?
No moon in the solar system has a moon orbiting it. Scientists think that moons orbit too close to their planets to have their own moons as the orbits would be unstable. Why Pluto has five moons while Earth only has one is a complicated story about the unique histories of each planet, but is probably at least partly related to Pluto's greater distance from the sun, which allows it a larger sphere of influence despite its smaller mass, and its location in a debris field of smaller icy objects.
How many days to get to Pluto and beyond?
That would depend a lot on the speed. With current technology, it takes several years.
What planet is famous for its beautiful rings around it?
Saturn is the planet most famous for its stunning rings, which are made of rock, ice, and dust particles. These rings are one of the most distinctive features of Saturn and can be seen even with a small telescope from Earth.
Are mercury and Pluto near twins?
No.
Pluto (now a dwarf planet) is much smaller than Mercury, and considerably less dense, because Pluto (billions of kilometers from the Sun) is partly frozen gases and ice. Pluto's diameter is only about 2306 kilometers, less than half the diameter of Mercury, about 4879.4 kilometers.
How many footballs could fit on Pluto?
Pluto has about the same land area as Russia, so billions of footballs could fit on the surface of Pluto.
Is Pluto a dwarf planet found between mars and Jupiter?
No, Pluto is not located between Mars and Jupiter. It is a dwarf planet located in the outer region of our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. The region where Pluto is located is known as the Kuiper Belt.
What type of planet is Neptune?
Neptune is a gas giant, primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, with a thick atmosphere of methane, which gives it a blue color. It is the eighth and farthest planet from the sun in our solar system.
Is Pluto a planet I need a yes side and a no side to this and info must be accurate.?
Pluto is not a planet. It is considered to be a Dwarf planet like Ceres, Eris, and Sedna.
Pluto's orbit is near the beginning of the Kuiper belt.
What planet does not exist anymore?
Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, but rather as a dwarf planet. The celestial body still exists -- it has simply lost its previous classification status.
Pluto, now no longer considered a planet, is part of a collection of icy objects called the Kuiper Belt, which orbit the sun beyond Neptune. Beyond the Kuiper belt are a few object scattered into extremely large orbits. The most notable of these is an object called Sedna. Beyond Sedna there may be an even larger collection of icy objects called the Oort Cloud.
How many robots went to Pluto?
No robots have been to Pluto just yet. However, come July 2015, the spacecraft New Horizons will arrive to study Pluto and it's moons.
Why did they take away Pluto's planet status?
it was so small it wasnt exactly a planet it was a dwarf planet
Kepler's 3rd law of planetary motion. It states that the square of a planets orbital period is proportional to the cube of a planets distance from a star.
In mathematical notation
TO2 = k*R03
Where
TO = It's orbital period
RO = It's distance from the star
k = A constant.
He considered Pluto to be an icy body and not a planet
