Pluto
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The dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. It used to be deemed a planet until recent years where Nasa reclassified it as a dwarf planet.
Traits of Pluto
- Pluto is named after the Roman god of the underworld.
- Pluto was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006.
- Pluto was discovered on February 18th, 1930 by the Lowell Observatory.
- Pluto has five known moons.
- Pluto is the largest dwarf planet.
- Pluto is one third water.
- Pluto is smaller than a number of moons.
- Pluto has a eccentric and inclined orbit.
- Pluto has been visited by the New Horizons spacecraft.
- Pluto sometimes has an atmosphere.
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