Pluto's Informative Essay: What Is A Planet?

Recently Pluto was declassified as a planet leaving only eight planets in Earth’s solar system. There were many mixed feelings about the declassification. Many people were happy because they thought pluto should have never been considered a planet in the first place. People thought that pluto was far to small and too far away to be a planet in the first place, over shadowed by the much larger nearer planets to it. Meanwhile other people were distraught at the thought that NASA could take Pluto’s title as a planet away that easily. Growing up with being taught about Pluto as a planet and learning so much about it many people were offended that the title of planet was striped from Pluto.

Pluto is not a planet because it does not meet the requirements to be one and it is different from the other planets. First, starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov “Pluto is usually farthest from the Sun. However, its orbit "crosses" inside of Neptune's orbit.” Unlike the other planets which orbit the sun in a circle, Pluto’s orbit around the sun is an oval shape. This makes it go into Neptune’s orbit for 20 years every 248 years. Although they will never collide it is way different than any other planet. This shows that it does not meet the third requirement because it does not have a cleared out region of the sun. Next, nineplanets.org says “It is much smaller than any of the official planets and now classified as a "dwarf planet". Due to its size it is

Many issues have arisen from the debate whether or not Pluto is a planet. Some astronomers say that Pluto should be classified as a “minor planet” due to its size, physical characteristics, and other factors. On the other hand, some astronomers defend Pluto’s planet status, citing several key features.

Going back to the criteria the three pieces of criteria it needs to meet are, the object must orbit the sun, the object must be a sphere and it must be created and maintained by its own gravitational force, and the object must have a clear path around its orbit of other objects. Pluto does orbit the sun. It does have a spherical shape, but Pluto’s path is not clear, it is crowded with lots of other objects. That proves that Pluto is not a planet because, it only meets two of the three criteria pieces.There are rocks in outer space that are the same size as Pluto! That’s pretty small to be considered a planet. If you look at a comparison of the other planets and Pluto you will see the drastic difference. Pluto is just simply too puny to be a planet. Many people say that it should be continued to be thought of as a planet because it has been that way for a long time and that's how most people know Pluto as, a planet. That doesn’t matter though, just because people are used to it being known as a planet doesn’t mean Pluto should still be considered a planet. Facts clearly show that Pluto is a dwarf planet. There are rocks in outer space that are the same size as Pluto! That’s pretty small to be considered a planet. All in all, Pluto clearly isn’t considered a planet, because it only meets two out of the three criteria pieces to be considered a

Pluto being a planet is a controversial topic all over the world, should Pluto be a planet? Or should we exclude Pluto from being a part of our solar system. Here are three agreements that could be made to support the fact that Pluto should never become a part of our solar system. There are three characteristics that an object in space must have to be classified a planet and there are three characteristics as well to be classified as a dwarf planet, a dwarf planet must be able to orbit the sun, just like all objects in our solar system; a dwarf planet has to be small enough for the mass to not be able to clear its neighborhood; also, the entail shape needs to be round. Now the criteria for a planet is roughly the same as a dwarf planet with the exception of one characteristic.

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.

You are too much for this world. It was not meant to contain a vagabond who wishes to touch all of the universe’s walls and visit all the stars upstairs. I know tomorrow's only a concept, but tomorrow is actually hump day and I want to hear your unseasoned incessant giggles  (for the umpteenth time). Monotony would become the new tyrant if you fastened Mercury to your heels and flew and I know that I am only Pluto, but friend

There are 3 things a planet needs to be to be a planet, it has to be round, it has to orbit a star

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

Outer space is a realm of new discoveries and possibilities. There is one particular planet in our solar system that is brimming with these possibilities. However, for nine years it has not actually been considered a planet. The “dwarf planet”, Pluto, has been overlooked and misrepresented in astronomy and planetary science. Since being demoted from planet status to dwarf planet status, little Pluto has raised some big questions about what defines a planet and what does not. In this paper, I will attempt to persuade you that Pluto should be promoted back to its original planet status. First, I will give you a brief history of Pluto, from its discovery to what prompted its reclassification. Next, I will explain the definition of a planet as given by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the definition’s flaws. Finally, I will discuss the recent discoveries of the New Horizons mission and how these new discoveries should lead to the reclassification of Pluto to its original planet status.

Once, Pluto was considered the ninth and most distant planet from our sun. Pluto was discovered by an American astronomer name Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. But before being discovered, an American astronomer name Percival Lowell was actually the first to caught hints of Pluto’s existence in 1905. He suggested that there was another world’s gravity that was tugging at the two planets, Neptune and Uranus, from beyond. It turns out that there was another planet, the smallest and ninth planet from the sun, Pluto. The now dwarf planet was named by an 11 year old girl from Oxford, England whose name was Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair or Venetia Burney. The astronomer did predict the planet’s location in 1915, but unfortunately he died without finding

My first day on Pluto was great. I hope I can have a great experience living there. Earth is now trash (Donald Trump and Putin), so we had to pick some other planet. Mars was way to basic, so we picked Pluto.

Pluto was not on the radar in the early going to space exploration. Due to lack of resources and funds scientist believed that going to Pluto will be hard to get to due to the lack of funding from the government and due to the time consumed. This was not the first attempt to cover Pluto and find data. In the 1960’s and 70’s space mission designers realized there was an opportunity to visit these giant planets and Pluto (Voyager Cite). There were two Voyagers 1 and 2 which will fly by different paths around the orbit of the sun. NASA built these twin Voyager space craft to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment to visit planets such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune within reach at one (Betz,2015). In the 1970’s there was plans to do more research on Charon, which is one of

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.

There are many different items that make up the solar system, and they are all classified very differently. Two of the most important items in our solar system are the planets and the moons. They differ in geologic activity, composition, interior structure, magnetic fields, and atmospheres. There are multiple probe missions, both past and present, that support these concepts. There are physical factors and characteristics that are important in determining the property of the items. In this paper, I will discuss all of these topics as well as what benefits I think there are so studying other worlds as well as the benefits I see to studying the solar system and why.