What Is Pluto?

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.

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.

As mentioned earlier, Pluto has a rather unusual orbit. Pluto, while it is the furthest planet from the sun, for twenty years during its two-hundred and forty nine year orbit, it is actually the eighth planet, crossing over Neptune’s orbit. Regardless of the fact that the orbits of the two planets cross, their orbits will not allow for them to ever collide. This is mainly due to Pluto’s orbiting not staying in the elliptic plane. Because of its unusual orbit, Pluto travels above and below Neptune as the cross, avoiding collision. What also allows these two bodies to cross paths and avoid impact is that when Pluto is at one side of the sun, Neptune is at the other. This is a result of Pluto taking three times as long to make one orbit around the sun in comparison to Neptune.

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 has strong atmospheric cycles, it snows on the surface, the snows sublimate and go back into the atmosphere each 248 year orbit," said Alan

Known as a dwarf planet, Pluto is in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first discovered Kuiper belt object.

When Pluto comes close to the sun its surface melts turining into gas and then refreezes when is gets away from the sun. Due to its thin atmoshpere Pluto has no ablity to create the greenhouse effect so it can not really warm up.

Many may urge that Pluto should be considered a planet for it has similar characteristics as the planets of the Solar System; however, others still believe that Pluto should not be considered a planet because of its slight differences and conditions that are not matched.

Not only are Pluto and the other eight planets similar, they are also different in multiple ways. After all, Wilson A. Bentley once said: “No two snowflakes are alike.” As most, if not all, people know, planets have an orbit. However, Pluto’s orbit is a little different and unusual compared to the orbit of the other eight planets. Although Pluto takes longer than the other planets to one orbit around the sun (248 earth years), the main difference is that Pluto’s orbit doesn’t lie in the same plane as the eight planets, but is inclined at an angle of 17 degrees. Not only that, but its orbit is more elliptical, or oval-shaped, than others. This causes Pluto to sometimes passes inside the orbit of Neptune. In paragraph 3, it mentioned that

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.

While modern science has currently stripped Pluto of its title as one of the planets of our solar system it is my belief that one day it could reclaim its title. As a planet is currently defined it has to have cleared its orbit of obstructions which is the reasoning for why Pluto has as of now lost its title, it has yet to finish clearing its orbital path. However, over time it is entirely possible that it will and at that point in time it could once again be considered the planet it has always been. There is also the alternative chance that the definition of a planet could be changed into something more inclusive that would reinstate Pluto to its rightful throne. This second possibility would

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.

Because Pluto is 3,670,000,000 miles away from the sun. If I did my calculations right, it took me 5,310 years to get to this point in time. My experience on this planet is the exact opposite of the first planet I arrived at, which was venus. In my eyes, pluto is just a large chunk of ice that was given a place in our solar system by NASA. Pluto’s atmosphere mainly consist of nitrogen and methane. Every step I make on this iceland makes my body temperature slightly decrease. The longer my foot is in contact with the surface, the more ice continues to grow up my leg. It is like the planet is trying to make me apart of it. I managed to break free from the ice and discovered a strategy that would help me explore this Iceland. If I ran, then the ice wouldn't be able to adapt itself onto me. So as I explored, I tried my best not to stray after from the spacecraft in case I faced dangers like the rock monsters on Venus. The grounds on Pluto are more rough and rocky than the other planets. Sometimes I would even stumble and fall due to my running. During my exploration, I again faced danger. While in roam, the grounds of the planet began to shake. This made me stumble even more. What arose from the surface were large ice figures. The figures began to take shape and they looked like wolves. They were as large as wolves but they were completely made of ice. For some reason they looked angry and began to chase after me just as the rock creatures did on Jupiter! As I ran towards the spacecraft, I had the same feeling as I did on Jupiter. That feeling of fear for survival and death would soon reach me. When I reached the spacecraft I was completely out of breath but glad I made it back. So I pulled the lever than would soon take me off of the Iceland. For some reason the spacecraft was not moving. As I walked over to the window, I saw nothing but ice holding the spacecraft down. The damn ice wolves must of

New Horizons has visited Pluto before.Pluto once considered the ninth and most distant planet from the Sun is now the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System.There is virtually no chance that Pluto has a life living on its surface.Composition is rocks,water ice, methane, carbon monoxide.Appearance’s is very icy and rocky.The color

Pluto is smaller the Earth's moons and a handful of others moons. Like the galilean moons I mentioned in a previous journal entry. Pluto has 5 moons. Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, is the largest of the five moons, but did you know that Pluto used to be a Neptune moon, but somehow left its orbit.