Pluto Vs Muggle Astronomy

My Thesis statement is Phuto was once considered to be a planet but now Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet in our solar system. Pluto is made up of ⅔ of rock and ⅓ of ice. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on January 23, 1930. Pluto is very very cold you can't even imagine how much colder it is than Antarctic.If that happen in Earth the air would turn into snow that's how cold it would be about 230 degrees below zero Celsius. When you want to see Pluto up in the sky you can't even see Pluto with your naked eye. Pluto is very hard to see once you look in the telescope it look a little like a star even with the telescope.

In the Solar System there is nine planets total counting Pluto and eight not counting pluto. Named after the Greek god of the underworld Pluto is the ninth of the nine planets from the sun. Pluto was discovered in February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Plutos the only orbit planet in the Solar System after it was classified as an orbit planet back in 2006. The planet has nine moons total Charon, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos, and Styx. Although Pluto is the largest Dwarf Planet it's smaller than most moon of the other planets. Alongside Pluto is the eighth planet from the sun otherwise known as Neptune. Due to its blue coloration Neptune was named after the Roman god of the Sea. While neptunes the third largest planet with respect to mass, according to diameter it's the fourth largest. Neptune has 14 moons and a very thin collection of rings that are made up of ice and dust

The International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto was too small to be a planet and created a new category to put it in, dwarf planets. Dwarf Planets are classified as “A) a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, B) has sufficient mass for it self- gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that is assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, C) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and D) is not a satellite”. The criteria for both planets and dwarf planets are very similar, though planets must be able to clear the neighbourhood around its orbit. This basically means that a planet must be able to complete a rotation around the sun without interfering with another planets orbit. Pluto is very close to Neptune so they had a chance to collide into each other. If you look at a visual it is clear that there orbital rotation paths intersect with each other at two locations. This is another reason why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

Pluto is unlike the other planets in that it has an icy surface instead of a rocky surface, like the inner 4 (terrestrial) planets, or a deep atmosphere, like the next 4 (gas giant) planets.

First of all, you probably know Pluto fits all but one of the IAU’s, International planet requirements. The original definition of planet was a wanderer, created by the Greeks that watched these planets move for thousands of years (Scientific American). If the world had left that definition, then we would have hundreds of planets in our solar system including Pluto. In fact, we didn 't have an official definition until 2006.This meant that Pluto could no longer be considered a planet since the definition required it to have three characteristics. The IAU decided that in order to qualify as a planet, it had to orbit the Sun, be big enough for gravity to squash it into a round

Are you familiar with the latest news that Pluto is no longer a planet; that it now has dwarf planetary status and essentially a celestial body of ice? How about the New Horizons mission to Pluto to discover more about its surroundings and environment? Perhaps you heard about these through social media, such as a shared post from a friend on Facebook, or alternatively through scientific journals and articles. Pluto’s planetary status was decided by the International Astronomical Union (further referred to as IAU) that met in Prague in 2006. They came up with a list of criteria that a celestial body needed to meet in order to be considered a planet. The first criterion is that it has to be orbiting around the Sun; the second, it has to be heavy enough for its gravity to overcome external forces so that it has a round shape, and lastly, it has to have gravitational dominance in order to clear its neighborhood of other celestial bodies in its orbit. Pluto fails to accomplish the last criterion of clearing its neighborhood because Pluto shares an environment that consists of numerous celestial bodies which make up Kuiper’s Belt.

Astronomy is, of course, the study of the universe. However, as broad-range as that observation is, I believe that Astronomy is, when it comes down to it, the study of what makes up the universe - this includes the planets, the stars, the galaxies, the Sun, the Moon, and everything else that the universe encompasses.

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

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

Pluto belongs with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, or the outer planets. In our solar system, there are two groups of planets called the inner planets, and the outer planets. The inner planets are the first four planets before the asteroid belt, while the outer planets are the ones after the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is a region of space the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, which probably contains million of asteroids. It is where most of the asteroids in our solar system are found orbiting the sun. Although Pluto was a part of the outer planets, it was the only known planet that orbits mostly in the Kuiper belt. Beyond Neptune is a region full of icy bodies, known as the Kuiper belt. This is what made Pluto stands out, not to mention that it’s also a lot smaller than the other outer planets. This got some astronomers thinking about whether or not Pluto should really be considered a

Muggle astronomy is quite advanced nowadays considering how much they have developed in the sciences.Astronomy has become quite an interest between Muggles and Wizards alike.Muggles have also wondered like we have and have come up with many an idea and project about how to know more about the vast universe. Though it is advanced,Muggle astronomy cannot rival with Wizard astronomy because of one obvious reason...Magic.There are other reasons as well but those do not press as hard as the obvious reason Magic.Magic can make the telescopes be able to see over the range of any Muggle telescope.Anything can be made more useful using Magic.Astronomy is fabulous though either way.

The greatest astronomical discovery that I always remember was the demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf. Until this discovery, scientists thought that there were nine planets. Muggle school children (and magical school children) remembered the names of the nine planets using mnemonics like "My Very Easy Method Just Shows Us Nine Planets" and "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" (Wikipedia). These mnemonics were easy ways to remember the nine plants; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. However, in August 2006, the International Astronomical Union met and changed the definition of a planet, thus downgrading Pluto and changing planetary mnemonics forever.

When looking at whether Pluto should be a planet a consideration must be made of if it meets certain qualifications. We saw in the qualifications in the latest chapter, and the biggest one that takes Pluto out of the planet discussion. The qualification that it must be able to clear its own orbit. Which Pluto does not do that at the moment, and that is why it should not be considered a planet. That is the reason it is called a dwarf planet, even though it orbits the sun. Furthermore, when Pluto is close to the sun it is still billions of miles away. (Dunbar). When you look at a lot of the figures that are considered planets they have a lot of the features that Pluto does not have. Mainly in sharing the Kuiper belt with

In elementary school, I only learned about eight planets with the famous saying of, ‘My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nachos.’ So, I was never taught to think Pluto was a planet. I saw that it wasn’t planet on the internet and just went to with the concept. However, I wonder now, why can’t Pluto be a planet? Caltech planetary scientist Mike Brown can explain why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

Astronomers now label Pluto as a “dwarf planet” because it does not meet all of the criteria to be a planet. It is also not alone in its orbit; it is part of a wide group of small-scale objects that have been detected revolving around the Sun beyond Neptune.