FACT #29
Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf
planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first
Kuiper belt object to be discovered and is the largest known plutoid (or ice
dwarf).
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 as the ninth
planet from the Sun. After 1992, its status as a planet was questioned
following the discovery of several objects of similar size in the Kuiper belt...………………….
FACT #29
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September 22, 2019
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