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Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pluto , formal designation 134340 Pluto , is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Classified as a pl...
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Pluto, which was discovered in 1930, is but a dot of light in even the largest Earth-based telescopes. Pluto is 2/3 the size ... The adjacent movie made from recent Hubble Space Telescope computer enhanced images (Ref) indicates that we are finally beginning to resolve some detail on the surface of this distant planet.
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csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/pluto/pluto.html
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/pluto/pluto.html
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Pluto: The First Dwarf Planet ... For many years, Pluto was thought of as the farthest known planet from the Sun. It has a very unusual orbit. Once every 248 Earth years, Pluto swings inside the orbit of Neptune. It stays there for twenty years.
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starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_lev...
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Space.com explains planet Pluto, Pluto the planet, Pluto planet, the planet Pluto, pictures of the planet Pluto ... The icy, enigmatic planet of Pluto is the ninth and furthest planet from our sun. The planet Pluto is also the smallest in our solar system; it is even smaller than many of the moons that orbit other planets.
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www.space.com/pluto/
www.space.com/pluto/
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Pluto's Orbit: ... Pluto is the ninth planet from the ; Sun. At this distance, the Sun and ; Asteroid belt look very small. ... Pluto has three moons. The largest is named Charon. Charon is only slightly smaller than its parent Pluto. For this reason Pluto and Charon are often called a double system. The Earth and its...
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www.kidsastronomy.com/pluto.htm
www.kidsastronomy.com/pluto.htm
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Although Pluto was discovered in 1930, limited information on the distant planet delayed a realistic understanding of its characteristics. Today Pluto remains the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft. ... This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by the...
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www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm
www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm
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The story of how Pluto lost its status as a planet. ... Let's find out why Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Pluto was first discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona.
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www.universetoday.com/2008/04/10/why-pluto-is-no-longer...
www.universetoday.com/2008/04/10/why-pluto-is-no-longer-a-planet/
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