After over 76 years of being called a planet, it go demoted to a "Dwarf Planet". Although, there's another planet nearly as big as Pluto, Eris. After being discovered in 2003, Eris was thought that it was BIGGER than Pluto. But when Eris passed a star in it's 566 year orbit around the sun, it gave Astronomers a chance to measure it's diameter. Ever so surprisingly, Eris was only about 15 miles smaller then Pluto! This means that Pluto is now the biggest dwarf planet discovered.
Pluto, now being the biggest dwarf planet, is getting attention once again. Being demoted from it's "planet" status, but being promoted as king of the dwarves is giving Pluto new life. If it wasn't then Pluto would just be ignored and forgotten. Generations from now,5 year-olds are probably going to ask:"What's Pluto?, a fruit?". Even though Pluto is no longer "officially" a planet. I will still remember it a the "old" ninth planet of the solar system.
Pluto: The biggest Dwarf
Your right we had the same article posted. How unpredictable!:))
ReplyDeleteNot really, since mr. Stardom gave us a list of blogs we can subscribe to. It was very likely that some chose the same blog and got the same article.
ReplyDeleteI think that Pluto shouldn't have been demoted to a dwarf planet just because it's small , it's still a planet.
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