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This NASA site lays out the controversy about whether or not Pluto should be classified as a planet. The text describes Pluto's properties--showing how it doesn't fit in--and also presents the recent discovery of many similar Kuiper Belt objects. Supporting the text are links and interesting images.
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This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from September 1, 2006 until September 16, 2006. View the feature here!


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Keywords:
Kuiper Belt, Pluto, comet, planet
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Metadata instance created August 24, 2006 by Ed Lee
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April 23, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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(Science@NASA, Greenbelt), WWW Document, (https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast17feb99_1/).
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Much ado about Pluto (Science@NASA, Greenbelt), <https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast17feb99_1/>.
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Much ado about Pluto. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from Science@NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast17feb99_1/
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Science@NASA. Much ado about Pluto. Greenbelt: Science@NASA. https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast17feb99_1/ (accessed 25 April 2024).
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Much ado about Pluto. Greenbelt: Science@NASA. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast17feb99_1/>.
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