Also included are questions and answers about Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Small Solar System Bodies. The Girl Who Named a Planet - This is an article about Venetia (Burney) Phair, the girl who named the planet Pluto. read more
In 2006, the IAU voted to remove Pluto from the list of planets in the Solar System. Instead, Pluto, and other large objects would be classified as Dwarf Planets. Why Pluto is no longer a planet. read more
Pluto, once considered the ninth and most distant planet from the sun, is now the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It is also one of the largest known members of the Kuiper Belt, a shadowy zone beyond the orbit of Neptune thought to be populated by hundreds of thousands of rocky, icy bodies each larger than 62 miles (100 kilometers) across, along with 1 trillion or more comets. read more