Is pluto a dwarf planet?

Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 and was originally considered to be the ninth planet from the Sun. read more

Pluto used to be called the ninth planet from the sun, but today it is called a "dwarf planet. " read more

Even though Pluto is a dwarf planet, and no longer officially a planet, it’ll still be a fascinating target for study. And that’s why NASA has sent their New Horizons spacecraft off to visit it. New Horizons will reach Pluto in July 2015, and capture the first close-up images of the (dwarf) planet’s surface. read more

I think that Pluto is not and never was a planet.I strongly agree that Pluto is a dwarf Planet. It is a dwarf because it has not cleared its orbit. Every 20 years Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune. Pluto also has the most elliptical and the most eccentric orbit. read more