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In Science / Senior High School | 2025-08-17

why is pluto gone forever and he is not in our solar system​

Asked by aiceatienza

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because the telescope can not reach its going far far away

Answered by ejayrivas3 | 2025-08-17

Answer:Pluto is not "gone" from our solar system; it is still there, but its classification has changed. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined what it means to be a planet. According to the new definition, a planet must meet three criteria:1. It must orbit the Sun.2. It must be massive enough to assume a nearly round shape due to its own gravity.3. It must have cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, meaning it is gravitationally dominant and there are no other bodies of similar size near its orbit except for its moons.Pluto meets the first two criteria but fails the third because it shares its orbital zone with many other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies and debris. Since Pluto has not cleared these neighboring objects, it cannot be considered a full-sized planet under the current definition. Instead, Pluto is classified as a "dwarf planet."So Pluto is still very much a part of our solar system, just in a different category than the eight major planets. It remains a fascinating world on the edge of the solar system, full of mountains, plains, and its own moons, explored up close by NASA's New Horizons mission in 2015.source:The Library of Congressloc.gov/everyday-myste…Encyclopedia BritannicaLive Sciencelivescience.com/space/planets/…NASA Sciencescience.nasa.gov/dwarf-planets/…

Answered by la9287337 | 2025-08-17