• Question: Why was Pluto dropped as a planet?

    Asked by 593radg37 to Ajay, Kate, Kuntal, Pip, Reka on 8 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by 468radg37, 694radg26.
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      Ajay Mishra answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      Its actually a controversial issue. Pluto was discovered in 1930 and then it was dropped from its status of a planet in 2006. In 2006 the definition of a planet was redefined and pluto did not satisfy all the conditions. There are still many scientist who favour pluto to be a planet. (Scientists to fight with ideas sometimes ;-))

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