Pluto Discovery

In the outer limits of our solar system there is a planet unlike any other, Pluto. Pluto was discovered in February of 1930 by an American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh. It is the only planet to have been discovered by an American. All though we have known of the existence of Pluto for over thirty years now, there are still many mysteries surrounding this celestial body. Being the farthest planet has made it difficult to study Pluto, Adding to the obscurity of this strange planet is that the capability to send spacecraft such distances has never been achieved. Through the wonders of science and astronomy, there are many things that can be determined, concluded, and hypothesized about this obscure planet.

The discussion about Pluto’s status in our solar system is still in question. The definition of a planet is changing as society advances and as time passes. We used to believe that Pluto was a planet which orbits the sun, but in a weird way since it’s orbit is quite odd compared to other planets in our solar system. Pluto is different such that, it has five moons and crosses Neptune’s orbit. Not only does it do that, it is quite small in contrast to the other celestial body in our solar system. As society advances, we question the definition of a planet and Pluto’s status in our solar system. Our crave for knowledge and curiosity about what’s around us motivates us to explore the unknown. Our desire to learn more is due to the fact that people

The lab report this week required us to research the New Horizons mission that is still going on today. We were asked to list some information about the mission, what it hopes to learn and what we’ve learned from Pluto and its surroundings thus far. Personally, I was able to watch the live briefing and seen the first photos released of the dwarf planet in July and I am anticipating the next year of information we we’ll receive. Since the closest passing we have learned numerous insights about Pluto and its moons that were previously unknown. As the world waits patiently to discover more and more as the year of data comes in, we know that this is a giant leap in planetary exploration.

It was discovered in Arizona, USA and an eleven year old girl from England won the naming contest, naming the new planet "Pluto" after the Roman god of the underworld. Astronomers are not certain, but they think that the composition is similar to Triton's with 70% rock and 30% ice. It has a low pressure atmosphere containing nitrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide. It is about one sixth the mass of Earth's moon and has five natural satellites, it's most famous moon being Charon. The other four moons were discovered in the 21st century, named Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx. There is a spacecraft called New Horizons that has just made it to Pluto. This fairly recent discovery, however, did not even make a full revolution around the sun before it was demoted to a dwarf planet for not complying with the last of the three planet requirements: "It has cleared the neighborhood of its orbit of any other space debris." It has now been named a dwarf planet, a title given to celestial bodies what are missing just one of the three requirements to become a

Astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. In the 85 years since its discovery, it has yet to complete a single orbit of the Sun.

Secondly,what is pluto,a planet,a planet oid or a comet? The outward-bound voyager one and two spacecraft were both launched in 1977,which started the drama about Pluto. Pluto is twice the size of Ceres and the largest known asteroid.

Pluto’s orbit is very different from the other planets in the solar system. There are three criterias you have to meet in order to be considered a planet. It has to orbit the Sun, be in the shape of a

I chose Pluto for this project because it seemed like an unpopular, but interesting subject. At first, I wanted to do the whole solar system, but I figured the explanations of each planet wouldn’t do them justice, because there are so many things to say about them. Also, the paper would most likely end up being fairly longer than necessary. After further thought, I figured Pluto would be the best subject for me, considering I did not know much about the so called planet that was removed from our solar system. I had a lot of research to do on the tiny dwarf.

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. The telescope that took this picture is the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope. Photographs taken from 2002 to 2003. (So whoever is reading this) Do you like telescopes or science? This newspaper for today will be about telescopes. Pluto is a dwarf planet. Pluto is different from most planets it’s smaller than most of them. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope from space. This telescope that took this image is a reflecting telescope.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto to capture some never-ever-never-seen pictures at close range before. The unmanned vehicle took about nearly 10 years to travel 1 billion miles + 1 billion miles + 1 billion miles =3 billion miles from Earth to Pluto. The New Horizons is a spacecraft that its purpose was to get to pluto and jupiter./2015

Since the emergence of the space race, exploring our solar system has been a top priority for many nations. Satellites have been sent out to orbit the earth, other planets, as well as their moon. However, only recently has the mystery of the icy dwarf planet Pluto been explored more in depth. New Horizons was a robotic mission launched from Cape Canaveral on January 16, 2006. Its primary mission was to perform a flyby near Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. Only in the summer of 2015 did New Horizons reach Pluto where it stayed for six months studying the icy dwarf as well as its largest moon. New Horizons has since moved on from Pluto, but its mission

Pluto was given some nicknames which are Xena and Dwarf Planet. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February

New Horizons still has many years of fuel and power. It will continue its more-than-10-year mission, exploring the primordial material of the Kuiper Belt. When asked by a young person what the mission will do now that the big event of the Pluto flyby has happened, five-time space shuttle astronaut Grunsfeld said the interplanetary spacecraft will—in a nod to Star Trek—“go where no New Horizons spacecraft has gone before.”

The newest high-resolution eye-candy images of Pluto were released by the New Horizons mission team at a press conference today and, again, they did not disappoint. Details flow in and questions continue to mount as the formerly most-mysterious body in the solar system drops her veils. See below for images and video.

Prior to the Voyager 2 flyby of Neptune, scientists were fully aware of many gigantic planetary storms, such as the Great Red Spot of Jupiter. However, a storm on Neptune, dubbed the “Great Dark Spot,” was photographed and studied because of the onboard instruments of Voyager 2. As the spacecraft began capturing images of the vibrant blue atmosphere, the Great Dark Spot was observed to be residing