The striking features on Pluto are clearly visible, including the bright expanse of Pluto’s icy, nitrogen-and-methane-rich “heart,” Sputnik Planitia. Image source: NASAPluto is not the first “demoted” planetThe word planet comes from the Greek planḗtai, meaning “wanderers”. It was ...
PlutoSpace explorationNeptuneAstronomersSunEarthMoonSolar systemsTo qualify, the astronomers decided, an object must be in orbit around the sun (so, for instance, Earth's moon does not count, despite being considerably bigger than Pluto).Economist...
But the clincher was finding more Plutos out there. Eris is bigger than Pluto, while Makemake, Quaoar, Sedna, and a few others are almost as large. If Pluto’s a planet, then those others must be planets, too. It became clear that there’s a Kuiper Belt—a band of icy objects at ...
Why is Neptune the coldest planet? Why is Neptune called the blue planet? Why is Pluto not a planet? Why was Pluto a planet? Why is Neptune called the green planet? Why is Saturn an outer planet? Why is Saturn a gas planet?
A planetary conundrum Researchers had to ask themselves these questions: If Pluto was a planet, then did that mean Eris was one as well? What about all those other icy objects out in theKuiper belt, or the littler objects in the asteroid belt? Where exactly was the cut-off line for cla...
What Pluto is and why it is called what it is called What was discovered that led to Pluto being demoted as a planet Details of what the surface of Pluto is like Skills Practiced Reading comprehension - make sure you draw the most important facts from the lesson, such as what Plut...
Why was Pluto a planet?Pluto:Pluto's orbit around the Sun is extremely eccentric, meaning that at times it is closer than Neptune and at times it is some four billion miles out. Pluto is very small, much smaller than Earth, meaning that it was not discovered until 1930....
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