Pluto

By jackspaulding

  • Discovered

    The planet pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh

  • First Moon Discovered

    In 1978 it was discovered that Pluto had a moon nearly half its size Charon.

  • pioneer spaceship crossed the orbit

    The Pioneer 10 spacecraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on its endless voyage through the Milky Way.

  • Two new Moons

    2005 pluto had two more moons Nix and Hydra

  • New Horizons spacecraft

    NASA launched its New Horizons spacecraft on a mission to Pluto following a 2-day delay. Scientists won't be able to receive data on Pluto until at least July 2015, the earliest date the mission is expected to arrive.

  • UD13 is larger than pluto

    The journal Nature reported that object UB313 is larger than Pluto according to German heat calculations.

  • Planet no more.

    2006 it was declassified as a planet.

  • The Fourth Moon

    In 2011 the fourth moon P4 was discovered.