A Study Of Pluto Including Its Discovery, Moons, And Exploration

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pluto is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.

Pluto is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. From its discovery in 1930 until 2006, Pluto was considered the Solar System's ninth planet. In the late 1970s, following the discovery of minor planet 2060 Chiron in the outer Solar System and the recognition of Pluto's very low mass, its status as a major planet began to be questioned. Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, are sometimes treated together as a binary system because the barycentre of their orbits does not lie within either body. This book studies Pluto including Charon, Nix, Hydra, Pluto Fast Flyby, and Pluto Kuiper Express.

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