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Clyde Tombaugh discovered pluto. Pluto Facts
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Pluto is one of the coldest largest bodies in the solar system temp
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Pluto was named after the greek god of the under world to match all the roman names that went with other planets. Greek God
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That is about half the width of the United States Diameter
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two-thirds smaller than the earths moon. Because it is so small, many scientists dont concider it a planet at all. earths moon
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She is from Oxford, England and suggested the name pluto to her grandfather because of the Greek God of the underworld. She said it fit because Pluto is the Greek God and he can make him self invisible and dwelt in a place that sunlight didn’t reach. Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/48673/venetia-burney-11-year-old-girl-who-named-pluto#ixzz2ehYRxZVs
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Before Pluto was discovereed Astronomers thought Pluto was Planet X which is known as the 10th planet planet x
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Pluto has about 7% of gravity that if a person weighs 100 pounds on earth they would weigh 7 pounds on pluto. gravity
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Pluto is known as a dwarf planet because it orbits the sun just like other plants do, but it a lot smaller that is cant clear other objects out of its path. dwarf planet
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Plutos two smaller moons are called Nix and Hydra and are less than 100 miles wide. 2 small moons
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Pluto is declassified as a planet is because asteroids has been detected in our solar system that are as large or larger than Pluto.
Pluto's name is now 134340 declassified
