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Pluto Thesis

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Pluto should be a planet because it meets many of the requirements to be a planet. Pluto also has many characteristics that the other planets have. The requirements to be a planet are:
-It is in orbit around the Sun.
-It has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape).
-It has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit
Pluto qualifies for the first two. Although there are other celestial objects around it, Pluto has the same characteristics that the other planets in the solar system have, including having a moon, geology, seasons, a core, and an atmosphere. Stated in Pluto - is it a planet or not?, Alan Stern a planetary scientist with NASA says, “I can’t think of a single distinguishing characteristic that would

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