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What Exactly is Pluto?

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Justinc

Did you know, Pluto isn’t considered to be a planet? Well you might’ve known that because of widespread media covering this information, but you may not know the reason why. There’s three qualifications of being officially considered a planet: it needs to orbit the sun; it needs to be big enough to be a spherical […] Continue reading →

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Pluto

Posted on November 17, 2024 by jasonljohnson465

Image from NASA Pluto was once the 9th planet of our Solar System. However, it has since been rebranded as a “dwarf planet.” Pluto is located in a distant region of the Solar System called the Kuiper Belt, found beyond the location of Neptune. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by an astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh […] Continue reading →

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The Characteristics of Pluto

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Alekzander Waller

Discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Conservatory in Arizona, Pluto has challenged the confines and definitions of how scientists classified objects within our solar system. Up until 2006 it was considered a planet but was then demoted to dwarf planet after scientific consensus that it does not clear its orbit of […] Continue reading →

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Blog #4 – Pluto: Is it a planet?

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Catherine Sack

Pluto is most known for its famous debate: Is it a planet or not? As of 2006, Pluto is known as Dwarf Planet. A Dwarf Planet is a celestial body that orbits the Sun just like a regular planet; however a dwarf planet lacks a clear orbital path, sharing it with other objects. Pluto’s size […] Continue reading →

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Pluto, The Hated One

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Ethan Popper

Blog Post #5 – Pluto, The Hated One Pluto, our beloved cosmic underdog, has had a rollercoaster of a journey in the astronomical community. Once considered the ninth planet of our solar system, it was demoted in 2006 to “dwarf planet” status, much to the dismay of Pluto enthusiasts worldwide. But don’t let its diminutive […] Continue reading →

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Blog 5 – Pluto

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Leni Ertel

Watching the talk about the New Horizons mission made an impact on the way I now view space exploration. There are so many aspects to it detailed in the video I had never thought about before. Over the course of watching the talk, I was also able to fall in love with Pluto! New Horizons […] Continue reading →

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Blog 5: The Controversy Behind Pluto’s Planethood

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Seth Creech

Pluto orbits our Sun far out past Neptune, and has been the source of controversy as we have learned more about it. The argument centers around whether this celestial object should be defined as a planet or a dwarf planet. This leads to an even bigger question: what separates a dwarf planet from a planet? […] Continue reading →

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Blog 5: Pluto

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Jonas Kobza

When someone mentions Pluto, most people’s minds instantly go to the “Is Pluto a planet debate”. In fact, all I knew about Pluto before reading these chapters was that it was too small to be a planet. If you asked me to picture Pluto, I would have said something akin to our moon – rocky, […] Continue reading →

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Blog 5 – Pluto

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Thomas Shelton

Johns Hopkins University HUB As we learned in class/from Dr. Stern’s Pluto talk, we really did not know a whole lot about Pluto until the historic New Horizons flyby in 2015. However, that daring team of scientists allowed us to discover new things about Pluto that people had not even fathomed before. For example, Pluto […] Continue reading →

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Blog 5: Pluto and its Largest Moon

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Charles Knoll

Pluto, situated 40 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, orbits the Sun every 248 years. Its path stands out due to its highly elliptical shape and inclination relative to the ecliptic plane, distinguishing it from the other planets. Pluto is orbited by five moons, with Charon being the largest and most notable. Charon orbits Pluto […] Continue reading →

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