Pluto: From Planet to Dwarf Planet 🌠⁠ ⁠ Once known as the ninth planet, Pluto was discovered back in 1930 and has an extraordinary journey around the Sun that lasts 248 Earth years. 🌞⁠ ⁠ In 2006, everything changed for Pluto. The International Astronomical Union redefined what it means to be a “planet.” Sadly, Pluto didn’t fit the new criteria, and it was reclassified as a dwarf planet. 🌑⁠ ⁠ By the year 2178, Pluto will have made one full lap around the Sun since its discovery. This distant w

Why Pluto is not a planet? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to that of a dwarf planet because it did not meet the three criteria the IAU uses to define a full-sized planet. Essentially Pluto meets all the criteria except one—it “has not cleared its neighboring region of other objects.” #fyp #foryoupage #space #Mercury #sun #solarsystem #SpaceX #NASA #universe #uranus #jupiter #viral #planets #Earth #moon #sky #star | The Space And Universe

Why is Pluto Not a Planet? | Space Facts Pt. 4 Pluto is no longer considered a planet that we all know. But why? We explain that by telling you about Dwarf planets. Dhruv Mohan explains. #pluto #spacefacts #spacex #NASA #ISRO #elonmusk #solarsystem #spacenews #NASAnews #nasa #earth #dwarfplanets #astronomy | Business Insider India

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