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No Pluto: Dwarf Planet

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No Pluto is not a Planet it is a Dwarf Planet because it does not meet the criteria to be a planet. According to discoveryeducation.com, A group of IAU members agreed on the following criteria for a planet in the solar system.The object must orbit the sun. The object must have a spherical shape. This shape must be created and maintained by the object's own gravity source.The object must have “Cleared the Neighborhood” around its orbit of other objects. Pluto meets two of the these three criteria. It does orbit the sun. It has a spherical shape that is maintained by its own gravity. But Pluto does not meet its third criterion. As part of the Kuiper Belt, Pluto’s neighborhood is crowded with many other objects. According to nasa.gov.com In 2003,
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