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Pluto/dwarf planets

All planets including dwarf planets and pluto as the last planet but its no longer classified as a planet. Pluto/dwarf planets. Aldwin Gutierrez. History. Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered dwarf planets on February 18, 1930

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Pluto/dwarf planets

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  1. All planets including dwarf planets and pluto as the last planet but its no longer classified as a planet Pluto/dwarf planets Aldwin Gutierrez

  2. History • Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered dwarf planets on February 18, 1930 • They got the dwarf planet name its name from a roman god of the underworld • Photo of Pluto’s symbol is

  3. Solar System • Pluto’s order from the sun is nine • Distance is 6 billion kilometers • Orbital period is 248 years • Rotation is 6 Earth days for Pluto

  4. Moons • Pluto has five moons • Pluto’s moon names are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra

  5. Planet appearance • Pluto’s is gray and looks like a gray rock • People first saw it as red but it was actually gray. • Pluto consists of rock with a very thick coating of ice Pluto’s appearance

  6. Photos of dwarf planets The rover was sent to Pluto the rovers name was the horizon

  7. Photos of dwarf planets • Pluto and other dwarf planets and it compared to earth

  8. Exploration • Charon was the name given to Pluto’s satellite when it was found in 1930. This photo shows the rover sent to Pluto for the first time.

  9. Facts of other planets • Because it is so far away from the sun it is very cold with temperatures ranging from -235 Degrees Celsius to -210 Degrees Celsius. • Pluto was the smallest planet and furthest planet away from the sun in our solar system, now it’s not even officially recognized as a planet!

  10. Facts of other planets • Ceres is located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was discovered in 1801. Ceres was considered a planet for around 50 years before being reclassified as an asteroid and once again in 2006 as a dwarf planet. • Eris was discovered in 2005 ans was referred to as the tenth planet until it was reclassified in 2006. It is the largest of the dwarf planets.

  11. Facts of other planets • Make make was discovered in 2005 and the third largest dwarf planet behind Eris and Pluto • Haumea was discovered in 2004 and named a dwarf dwarf planet in 2008 • If you weigh 76 pounds you will weigh 5 pounds on any dwarf planet.

  12. Extra stuff • Pluto’s atmosphere is made of nitrogen with some carbon monoxide and methane. Pluto’s unusual orbit

  13. Picture of the Dwarf Planets

  14. Solar system of the other dwarf planets This is the solar system of the dwarf planets the rest of the Dwarf Planets are in the Kuiper belt.

  15. Moons of the other dwarf planets • Haumea has 2 moons Hi’iaka and Namaka • Rest of the dwarf planets don’t have and moons just Haumea has a moon

  16. Ring of other dwarf planets

  17. Nobody explored dwarf planets • All the dwarf planets

  18. History for other dwarf planets • Ceres was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi on January 1, 1801 • Jose Luis Ortiz discovered Haumea on march 2003 • Make make was discovered by a team of astronomers led by mike brown in march 2005 • Eris was also discovered by mike brown again January on January 5, 2005

  19. All dwarf planet Ceres Eris Haumea Make Make

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