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76 years.

How many years was Pluto called a planet?

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Large Objects that travel around the sun.

What are Planets?

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Sits in the middle of the Kuniper Belt.

Where is Pluto?

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3rd planet from the sun.

What is Earth?
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An expert in the studies celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.

What is an astronomer?
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This planet is made of ice.

Pluto

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248 years.

How many years does it take Pluto to travel around the sun?

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Mostly covered in ice.

What is Pluto mostly made of?

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Mostly made of rocks and gases.

What are the 8 planets mostly made of?
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The pathway around the sun.

What is an orbit?

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2006

What year did Pluto become a dwarf Planet?

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A icy belt ringing the outer edge of the solar system.

What is the Kuiper Belt?

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Once a planet, now a dwarf planet and smaller than earth's moon.

What is Pluto?

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9 years.

How many years did it take New Horizon (Space Probe) to reach Pluto?

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Used to look into night sky and outer space.

What is a telescope?

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Another Name for Pluto.

What is another name for Planet X ?

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It does not have a clear path around the sun and is very small.

What is a Dwarf Planet?
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365 days.

How many days does it take Earth to travel around the sun?

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Giant Gas Planet larger than Pluto that takes 10,000 to 20,000 years to orbit the sun.

What is Planet Nine?

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travels around the sun, round in shape, no objects in it's orbit path.

What is a planet?

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He found Planet X.

Who is Clyde W. Tombaugh?

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1846

What year was Neptune discovered?

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1781

What year was Uranus discovered?

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He built an observatory in Arizona.

Who was Percival Lowell?

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It's purpose was to fly by Pluto.

What is the purpose of the New Horizon space probe?