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====== Pluto ====== | ====== Pluto ====== | ||
- | After Pluto was discovered in 1930, it was the ninth planet of the solar system. It has five moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra. In 2006 it was reclassified as a dwarf planet as other even larger objects are known in the Kuiper Belt, like the dwarf planet Eris. | + | |
+ | ==== Discovered in 1930 ==== | ||
+ | After Pluto was discovered in 1930, it was the ninth planet of the solar system. It has five moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. In 2006 it was reclassified as a dwarf planet as other even larger objects are known in the Kuiper Belt, like the dwarf planet Eris. [([[https:// | ||
===== Pluto name ===== | ===== Pluto name ===== | ||
- | As is the case for most planets orbiting the Sun, Pluto was named after a Roman god — Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld. The name was proposed by an 11-year-old girl, Venetia Burney (1918–2009)[(https:// | + | As is the case for most planets orbiting the Sun, Pluto was named after a Roman god — Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld. The name was proposed by an 11-year-old girl, Venetia Burney (1918–2009). [([[https://www.space.com/43-pluto-the-ninth-planet-that-was-a-dwarf.html|Space]])] |
===== Pluto orbital period ===== | ===== Pluto orbital period ===== | ||
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