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Reclassification Of Pluto As A Dwarf Planet
The end result was the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet. Pluto is now seen as one of the largest known members of the Kuiper Belt, a shadow the orbit farther off of Neptune populated by a trillion or more comets. Based on what I learned about the nature of science and the properties of Eris and Pluto, I would reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet as well. Because a dwarf planet is a body that approach to be a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classified as large planet while it cannot clear other objects out of its path. Even though, Pluto is small I don’t think they should stop considering it a planet, which is like telling a small or premature person they are not human.
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