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When did Pluto stop being a planet, and why? Pluto was always in a tough spot when it came to being a planet. Just 1,477 miles across, it's only one-fifth the diameter of Earth.
Pluto's status has been a heated debate for decades with arguing over a dwarf planet classification. Here's what international standards say in 2023.
Pluto, our power planet of seismic change and karmic retribution, is stationing direct in the sign of the sea goat for the final time in our lifetimes. Pluto's last push in Capricorn marks the end ...
When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists.
Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why Pluto isn't a planet.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...
AccuWeather. Why Pluto is not a planet anymore. Posted: August 27, 2024 | Last updated: December 7, 2024. There was a time when Pluto was still a planet, until 2006.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill making Pluto the official state planet. It was discovered at an observatory in Arizona, but was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006.
Yet, something was odd about Pluto. While Planet X was estimated to be about six times more massive than Earth, Pluto’s mass is only 20% that of the Moon, itself 1% of the Earth’s mass.
Pluto might become a planet again because astronomers can’t make up their mind. By Mike Wehner. Updated Sep 8th, 2018 9:31AM EDT. If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate ...
The year was 2015. After traveling billions and billions of miles through the Erebus, New Horizons encounters the boatman, and the somber lord of the departed. The spacecraft could have been ...
Pluto, officially a dwarf planet, has surprising complexity on its surface. While certainly a world, not everyone agrees it is a planet.