How Arizona put Pluto on the map 95 years ago today
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary ...
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Is Pluto A Planet? It’s A Double-Act, Scientists Say
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.
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Pluto may have ‘kissed' Charon to capture it
In fact, Charon is so large compared to its host world that it and Pluto actually orbit a common center of mass (or "barycenter") that is outside the surface of Pluto itself. This peculiar mass ...
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Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet status
Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...
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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
7 latest images of Dwarf Planets captured by NASA
Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. As of 2019, its distance from the Sun is 88 AU, and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object.
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Missed the celestial planetary parade in February? You have another chance in summer
It must orbit the sun. It must have enough mass to force its shape into a sphere. It must clear competing bodies and materials out of its orbital path. Because tiny Pluto hasn't cleared the Kuiper ...
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Pluto TV has 200+ channels, but these 10 are actually worth watching
Pluto TV offers 250+ live-streaming channels, covering news, sports, reality TV, and more. Favorite channels include Flicks of Fury, Star Trek, Stories by AMC, and Britbox Mysteries. Classic TV ...