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Should Pluto Be Considered A Planet
For many years different scientist have been researching and coming together on whether the planet Pluto should be considered a “dwarf planet” or a part of the regular planets. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh. Astronomers believed that Pluto was to be considered a planet. Soon they concluded that their evidence didn’t support their reasoning.
Pluto should not be considered a planet to me because it doesn’t have a cleared orbit. Pluto should stay a dwarf planet because it is the smallest planet in the solar system. Also Pluto’s moon is bigger than it therefore, is often mistaken as a double planet. Pluto shouldn’t be a part of the planets because according to the article “Why Pluto is no longer a Planet” by Fraser Cain the
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