Pluto Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Pluto.

  • 3 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

1,235 words, approx. 5 pages
Pluto Pluto is the only planet in the solar system still unvisited by a spacecraft. Its status as the only planet in our Sun's family still studied purely by telescope is unique—and frus... Read more
4,151 words, approx. 14 pages
ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION Is Pluto a Planet? Viewpoint: Yes, Pluto's status as a planet has been continually defended by the International Astronomical Union. Although its size and ellipt... Read more
1,189 words, approx. 4 pages
Pluto Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846, as the result of lengthy mathematical work by John Couch Adams and Jean Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877). Only one week later talk surfaced of yet a mo... Read more