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Pluto is a dwarf planet orbiting Sun. It was discovered in February 1930 by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh and named by 11 years old British schoolgirl Venetia Burney.
It was originally classified as a Planet, but it was renamed a dwarf planet during the International Astronomical Union conference in Prague, Czech Republic in August 2006.
Name
- Pluto
Discovery date
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Pluto.
- February 18, 1930[1]
Discoverer
- Clyde W. Tombaugh[1]
Orbiting
Characteristics
- Semi-major axis = 39.482 AU[1]
- Orbital period = 248.09 Earth years[2]
About the dwarf planet
Orbits of Pluto's moons
- Once classified as a planet, Pluto, in August of 2006, was voted a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)[3]
- Largest Kuiper belt object.[1]
- Ranked the largest dwarf planet in the Solar System (by diameter not mass).[1]
- Has five moons:
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