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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PlutoPluto - Wikipedia

    Pluto ( minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most- massive known object to directly orbit the Sun.

  2. science.nasa.gov › dwarf-planets › plutoPluto - NASA Science

    Pluto is a dwarf planet that was once considered a planet, but was reclassified in 2006. Learn about its discovery, exploration, features, and more from NASA's website.

  3. Pluto is a small, icy world with five moons, including the large Charon. It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 and orbits the Sun in a tilted and elliptical path.

  4. Jul 13, 2015 · For more than 70 years, Pluto was one of nine planets recognised in our Solar System. But in 2006, it was relegated to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). So...

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  5. Pluto is a small, icy world with five moons, including the large Charon. It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 and orbits the Sun in a tilted and elliptical path.

  6. Jun 25, 2024 · Pluto, large, distant member of the solar system that formerly was regarded as the outermost and smallest planet. In 2006 a group of experts in the scientific community voted to give Pluto the new classification of dwarf planet.

  7. Jun 13, 2024 · Learn about Pluto, the dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, and its moon Charon. Find out why Pluto is not a planet, how it orbits the Sun, and what NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered there.

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