pluto, the planet\nin km or miles
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given the figures, another way to "imagine" how far it is\n IS that Light (at 186,000miles/sec)takes about 8.3 minutes to get to earth from the sun and takes 5.5 hours to get to pluto\n\nPluto is 40 times the distance away from the sun as the earth \n\nOver 11,000 earths will fit between the sun and earth if lined up so about 460,000 earths fit between the sun and pluto.\n\nAlso if the Sun was a beach ball, the earth would be a pea and Pluto would be A LARGE grain of sand.\n\n\n\nThe numbers are often useless unless we "translate them" into "concrete" terms because we have peas er I mean grains of sand for brains ;)))).
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To answer your second question first (I'm just an ornery cuss), Pluto is still a member of the Solar System. It's no longer considered a planet, though. It is now called a dwarf planet because of its size and extremely anomalous orbit (so look it up already).Just like the moon. asteroids, etc. it is still part of the Solar System.\n\nAs to the 1st part of your question-------Usually, as long as Mickey gives him table scraps instead of that crap from the can.Woof!Woof!
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A planet is generally considered to be a relatively large mass of accreted matter in orbit around a star. A mass that becomes massive enough to undergo nuclear reactions is considered a star, not a planet. The name comes from the Greek term πλανήτης, planētēs, meaning "wanderer", as ancient astronomers noted how certain lights moved across the sky in relation to the other stars. Based on historical consensus, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) lists nine planets in our solar system. However, since the term "planet" has no precise scientific definition, many astronomers contest that figure. Some say it should be lowered to eight by removing Pluto from the list, while others claim it should be raised to ten or even higher depending on how planets are categorized.
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I'm from a small rock on the outskirts of Pluto...\n\nHas anyone seen my spaceship??
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i suppose a planet.cause it is denser then asteroids
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some of the planets wouldn´t be perceptible with a naked eye, and i think Pluto would be as much as half inch away of the sun.\nWhy don't you do some math starting with the actual size of the sun and an average orange to make some kind of scale and do the same with all the planets and the distances. I think you have some work to do.
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Actually, you're all wrong.  It's 2003 UB313 the recently discovered 10th planet which has not yet been given a perminent name.  As of July, 2005, the planet 2003 UB313 was approximately 97 AU from the sun, over twice the distance between the sun and Pluto (40 AU).\n\nIf you're actually wondering about the 2nd farthes planet (which may be the case as most people don't know about 2003 UB313), most of the time (including the present) it's Pluto, but Pluto has a crazy eliptical orbit (one of the reasons its status as a planet is debatable), and sometimes crosses paths with Neptune.  When I learned the order of the planets in 2nd grade, Neptune was farther away than Pluto, so instead of "my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas," we learned "my very educated mother just served us pistachio nuts."
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Discovery of the 10th planet!  Recent discovery.  Not much info. yet so no one can say if you are wrong on any point!
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We have 8 'planets' (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune).  We have several more 'dwarf planets.'  \n\nThe difference is that, during planet formation, a planet's gravity will pull in all the material around it, leaving a planet surrounded \nby empty space.  This is referred to as 'clearing the neighborhood.'  A dwarf planet's gravity is not sufficient to pull in all the material around it, so it does not clear its neighborhood.  \n\nPluto is now a dwarf planet, along with several asteroids and other celestial bodies.  In fact, Pluto is a binary planet, because it and it's moon, Charon, orbit each other (the center of Charon's orbit is not a point inside of Pluto, but rather a point between the two bodies).  So Pluto probably won't even be considered a dwarf planet for long.\n\nThis Xena, as you call it, is twice the size of Pluto.  That's what reignited this whole controversy.  It's real name is 2003UB313.  Xena was only given to it as a temporary name.
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Neptune: my favorite planet!\n\nYou have great tastes in planets my friend.  I will gladly help you out.  \n\nNeptune is about 49500 kilometers. in diameter, about four times the size of Earth, which is about 12800 kilometers. in diameter. Neptune and Uranus are almost the same size, but both seem tiny in comparison to mighty Jupiter, which is almost three times as large as either of them. \n\nAlso, At the center, there is a large rocky core about the size of earth, one of the largest cores of the planets.\n\nEnjoy!\n\nThank you for making this question!
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astronomers are trying to define the word planet, but it isn't easy.  many favor the reclassification of the bodies in the solar system into three groups, the rocky terrestrials, the gas giants, and the ice dwarfs.  there are hundreds of known ice dwarfs, including pluto, quaoar, sedna, 2003 EL61, and 2003 UB313 (the official name of xena).  this is also called the kuiper belt, and pluto was the first kuiper belt object discovered.  2003 UB313 is about five percent bigger than pluto.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
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There are still 9 according to the latests NASA reports. Although it has been found that there are several other small objects orbiting past Neptune that are similar in make up and size to Pluto- that pluto's categorization of planet will not be changed. That instead a number system is being talked about to go into effect that will number the bundles of pluto-like objects. Though again, pluto would not be changed. (First Source)\n\nIf it weren't for the stubborn desire to keep tradition- Pluto WOULD NOT be considered a planet, it just does not have the characteristics to make it one. But because tradition is very important in this society- Pluto remains a planet for now.
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Yes, Pluto is the Romans' name for the Greek god Hades, who was god of the underworld. The planet Pluto is cold, forbidding, and physically distant from us, which is fitting considering the personality of Hades / Pluto was similar.
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Pluto facts:\n\nDiscovered at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona where Northern Arizona University is located.  This observatory was initially used to look for canals on Mars.\n\nIt is debated as a planet, because it does not fit the density patterns observed from other planets in the solar system.\n\nIt has an atmosphere, which is odd given its size.\n\nIts moon, Charon, is actually located within its atmosphere, which almost makes it a double planet.\n\nIt is approximately 40 AU from the sun, which is 40 times the distance between the sun and the earth.\n\nPluto may not be the last planet in the solar system, as there is evidence of a planet, known as Xena.\n\nAfter the discovery of Neptune, some people were still concerned over a variation in gravitational forces, and the search began.\n\nPhotos of Pluto were taken in 1915 and were not discovered for almost 15 years.\n\nPluto has the highest eccentric orbit of the known planets, that is it is much more elliptical rather than circular.\n\nIs this enough?
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It's current name is 2003 UB313.  It is larger than Pluto.\n\nBut is not yet officially recognized as a 'planet'.\n\nThat may change later this year as the International Astronomical Union (IAU) firms up the definition of a planet.\n\nAt that point, it will probably be renamed.  The discoverers of the object have submitted confidential names to the IAU.  Some people call it Xena or Lila, but these are not official names, and are not among the names submitted to the IAU.  \n\nIt is not 'Planet X' ... this is a generic name for a theoretical large planet not yet discovered.  (Pluto was once thought to be 'Planet X', but it is too small.)  The Planet X theory has been disproven.\n\nSedna is a smaller object (smaller than Pluto), and may also be reclassified as a planet ... but I don't think it's likely.\n\nOne thing is for sure though ... Pluto will not lose its classification as a planet ... astronomers are sentimental too.
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mercury, mars, venus, earth, jupiter, saturn, uranus, pluto and neptune.
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To begin with, pluto unlike the other planets does not orbit the same war around the Sun like the other planets. Pluto's orbit is oval. There will be a time where by pluto will be closer to the Sun then Neptune for every 22 years. So thats 1 point to think about. Also some scientist debate that Pluto is juz a passing by asteroid that got attracted to the solar system gravitational field. Pluto is also much smaller in size to be a gaseous planet comparing to Uranus or Neptune which is all gaseous planet.