That’s Why Pluto Is Not a Planet Anymore
That’s Why Pluto Is Not a Planet Anymore
If you were in elementary school before 2006, there’s a good chance you had to memorize the order of the 9 planets in our solar system; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, URinus—also pronounced UrANUS, and finally Neptune, and Pluto. Now, if you’re currently in elementary school, you might be saying, « Wait, there were nine planets?”
So, what happened to Pluto? It’s not like it’s gone anywhere. It’s still out there on the edge of the solar system, as cold and far away as ever, so what changed?
