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Why Is Pluto Be A Planet

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Pluto Should Not be a Planet

Pluto should not be a planet. According to science.howstuffworks.com, Pluto is not a planet because it doesn’t orbit the sun like the other planets. The planets in our solar system all orbit the sun in a relatively flat plane. Pluto is different. Pluto orbits the sun at a 17 degree angle to this plane. Pluto’s orbit also intersects Neptune’s orbit. According to science.howstuffworks.com, Pluto is not a planet due to its size. Pluto is smaller than any other planets and one of its moons Charon is half of Pluto’s size. Pluto is only 0.07 times the mass other object in its orbit. The Earth is 1.7 million times the mass of the other objects in its orbit. According to International Austromers Union (IAU), It does not

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