what  is the  status  of pluto  in space now?does it has any moons?
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Pluto is the smallest planet, recent reports says that pluto is not further considered as one of the planet cause it is actuallay only 3/4 of the moon...........Pluto has one moon named Charon
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HOW MANY ARE KNOWN AT THE MOMENT?:\n\n8 in our solar system + 3 dwarf planets\n\n(Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune) (Dwarf Planets: 1 Ceres, 134340 Pluto, 136199 Eris)\n\nAND IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY?\n\nSince pulsar planets were discovered in 1992 and 51 Pegasi b was discovered in 1995 we now know a total of 209 orbiting other stars:\n\nDetected by radial velocity method: 169 planetary systems, 197 planets, 20 multiple planet systems. \n\nDetected by microlensing: 4 planets. \n\nDetected by direct imaging: 4 planets. \n\nPulsar planets: 2 planetary systems, 4 planets, 1 multiple planet system. \n\nSee the full list in the Encyclopaedia of Exoplanets (third link) published and maintained by the Paris Observatory. Appropriately as it was the work of Urbain LeVerrier at that observatory that led to the discovery of Neptune in 1846.\n\nWHAT OF THE FUTURE?\n\nImproved detection rates can be expected in the coming years. Principally from CoRoT and the Kepler Mission: which being space-based will avoid the problems the earth's atmosphere creates for ground-based telescopes,\n\nCOROT:\n\nOn 15th November 2006 the CoRoT spacecraft arrived at the Baikonour launch base,\n\nCOROT (COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits) is a space mission approved and led by the French Space Agency (CNES) in conjunction with the European Space Agency and other international partners. The primary objective of COROT will be to search for extrasolar planets, particularly those of large terrestrial size. It is scheduled for launch on December 22, 2006, and will be the first mission of its kind.\n\nCOROT consists of a 27 cm in diameter afocal telescope with an array of spectroscopic detectors. The satellite has a launch mass of 630 kg, is 4.10 metres long, 1.984 metres in diameter and powered by two solar panels. \n\nA Russian rocket will lift the satellite into a circular polar orbit with an altitude of 827 km. Over its planned 2½ years mission it will observe perpendicular to its orbital plane meaning there will be no Earth occultations, allowing 150 days of continuous observing. During the northern Summer it will observe in an area around Serpens Cauda and during the Winter it will observe in Monoceros. Between this observing periods for 30 days, COROT will observe 5 other patches of the sky.\n\nThe probe will monitor the brightness of stars, watching for the slight dimming that happens in regular intervals when planets transit their primary. COROT will be sensitive enough to detect rocky planets, though only those several times larger than Earth; it is also expected to discover new gas giants, which comprise almost all of the known extrasolar planets.\n\nCOROT will also undertake asteroseismology. It can detect luminosity variations associated with acoustic pulsations of stars. This phenomenon allows calculation of a star's precise mass, age and chemical composition and will aid in comparisons between the sun and other stars.\n\nIn each field of view there will be one main target star for the asteroseismology as well as up to nine other targets. Simultaneously, it will be recording the brightness of 12,000 stars brighter than apparent magnitude 15.5 for the extrasolar planet study. It is expected that a few dozen planets will be found.\n\nTHE KEPLER MISSION\n\nThe scientific objective of the Kepler Mission, due for launch in 2008, is to explore the structure and diversity of planetary systems. This is achieved by surveying a large sample of stars to achieve several goals:\n\nDetermine how many terrestrial and larger planets there are in or near the habitable zone of a wide variety of spectral types of stars \n\nDetermine the range of sizes and shapes of the orbits of these planets \n\nEstimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems \n\nDetermine the range of orbit size, brightness, size, mass and density of short-period giant planets \n\nIdentify additional members of each discovered planetar
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Nope.  That's my professional (astronomer) opinon.  Here is why:\n\nPluto is a member of a large collection of similar sized objects that orbit the sun in the same region as it.  This is the same situation that Ceres, the largest asteroid is in.  Pluto was simply the first of these icy bodies to be found, we have since found almost 1000 other objects that share orbital space with Pluto.  Many of them are almost the same sice as it, and one (2003 UB313) is in fact larger than Pluto.\n\nNo good defination of planet exists that allows for pluto to be a planet without admitting about 10-100 other objects in as planets as well, unless you simple state that Pluto is a planet in an ad hoc manner.\n\nThe definition that I generally use in my work is that a planet is an object that has cleared it's orbital space of all other small bodies.  All of the main 8 planets satisfy the criteria.  Pluto, 2003 UB313, Ceres and other small bodies do not.
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Neptune and Pluto, however Pluto is no longer a planet.
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Its a planet!!  On a serious note try this link\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto\n\n:) Hope this helps........
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Something less than 400 members of the 10,000 member IAU voted under a veil of assumed authority to downgrade Pluto's status as a planet after they rewrote the rule book. Most of the new criteria they established that must be met in order for an object to be considered a planet is met by Pluto. It orbits a star, it has a moon, and it is generally spherical in shape. The disqualifying new rule was that Pluto has not cleared its orbital path around the sun and there are other objects sharing the same orbit. This would mean that if another object enters or is found to exist in the same orbital path of the Earth, the Earth would not be a planet. The IAU also failed to take into consideration as to whether or not Pluto is in the process of clearing its orbital path and just needs a few billion more years.
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yes.there is entirely a newly discovered solar system.there are 3 planets,all revolving around the star upilisone androemedae,and all of them are bigger than jupiter!and NASA has sent satellites which will go to pluto and beyond.hope we find the answers then!
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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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mercury and venus have none\nearth has 1\nmars has 2\njupiter has 60\nsaturn has 31\nuranus has 27\nand neptune has 13.\n\nseeing how pluto has been erased as a planet the moons shouldn't really count, but if you really need to pluto has 3 moons.
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50 moons are currently confirmed, 34 of which have names. The precise figure will never be certain as the orbiting chunks of ice in Saturn's rings are all technically moons, and it is difficult to draw a distinction between a large ring particle and a tiny moon. Saturn's most noteworthy moon is Titan, the only moon in the solar system to have a dense atmosphere.\n\nThis website for confirmation and more info -->http://www.planetary.org/saturn/moons.html\n\nGod is spelled B-I-G B-A-N-G\nPBrax@netscape.com
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there is a speculation of some eruptive volcano, because of  warmimg of pluto's atmosphere.\n\nVolcanoes on Pluto?\nJames Elliot of MIT led a team of astronomers who coordinated their observations and presented the findings today at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) Division for Planetary Sciences in Birmingham, Ala.\n\nElliot hinted at the possibility of another factor fueling Pluto's warming trend.\n\nHe compared Pluto to Triton, a moon of Neptune. Both have atmospheres made mostly of nitrogen. In 1997, Triton occulted a star and astronomers found that its atmosphere had warmed since the last observations were made in 1989 during the Voyager mission. Back then, Voyager found dark material rising above Triton, indicating possible eruptive activity.\n\n"There could be more massive activity on Pluto, since the changes observed in Pluto's atmosphere are much more severe," Elliot said. "The change observed on Triton was subtle. Pluto's changes are not subtle."\n\nThere is no firm evidence that Pluto is volcanically active, but neither is there evidence to rule out that possibility. Even the Hubble Space Telescope can barely make out Pluto's surface.\n\nElliot added that the process affecting Pluto's temperature is complex. "We just don't know what is causing these effects," he said.\n \nGuess we will have to wait  as Tentative mission plans call for a robotic probe that would not reach Pluto for several years, making a flyby sometime prior to 2020 prior to investigating other objects deeper in the solar system.
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Pluto: 1(2 moons nix and hydra have newly been discovered inreasing the number to 3)\nUranus: 27\nSaturn: 56\nNeptune: 13
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PLUTO HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE. IT IS STILL REVOLVING BUT THE SCIENTIST HAVE PROVED THAT PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET BECAUSE PLUTO IS THE OBJECT IN KUPIER BELT. THE NEW PLANETS ARE CERES, XENA & CHARON . FIRST WE SAY THE NAME OF PLANET LIKE THIS mY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SHOW US THE NINE PLANET.  NOW, THIS HAS BEEN PROVED WRONG. THE KNEW SYSTEM IS GIVEN BELOW. THIS INCLUDE 11 PLANET.\n\nMERCURY\nVENUS\nEARTH\nMARS\nCERES\nJUPITER\nSATURN\nURANUS\nNEPTUNE\nXENA\nCHARON
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talk about pluto. Even though that was a couple of months ago it is still current.
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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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What's the next bus to Pluto?
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UB-313 (also known as "Xena"). This is the only "tenth planet" that has a moon and is larger than Pluto.\n\nThere are several other "planetoids" or "plutinos" including Sedna, Quaoar, Ixion, Varuna, and Orcus.