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Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.
He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered the ninth planet, but was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids, and called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.
On 20 March 2015, NASA invited the general public to suggest names for surface features that will be discovered on Pluto and Charon. [26] On 15 April 2015, Pluto was imaged showing a possible polar cap. [27] Between April and June 2015, New Horizons began returning images of Pluto that exceeded the quality that the Hubble Space Telescope could ...
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It was at the Lowell Observatory that the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. The observatory was founded by astronomer Percival Lowell of Boston's Lowell family and is overseen by a sole trustee, a position historically handed down through the family. The first trustee was Lowell's third cousin Guy Lowell (1916–1927).
The most notable object in our solar system to be found using this technique is Pluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. The Projection Blink Comparator (PROBLICOM), invented by amateur astronomer Ben Mayer, is a low-cost version of the professional tool.
An image recently released appears to show a geographic feature on the dwarf planet Pluto that some say looks like a gigantic ?bite mark.? New Horizons has discovered 'bite mark' on Pluto Skip to ...
How could an exoplanet so far away be causing such a hubbub? Pluto's movement in Aquarius certainly is, at least in the astrological world. Faraway Pluto moves back into Aquarius, again, Jan. 20 ...