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Should Pluto Stay A Planet?
Why Pluto should stay a planet

You may think that Pluto is all alone and the only lonely planet. He is really not left out. There are more Dwarf planets out there. Pluto is not alone! So don’t make it seem like Pluto is all alone, because it is not! Besides, Pluto there are four other known dwarf planets. Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea. The latter three of which are in the Kuiper Belt. Dwarf planets are worlds that are too small to be considered developed planets, but also too large to be put into smaller categories. Pluto should not be a planet because

Pluto should not be a planet because its a dwarf planet and what it takes to be a planet is to orbit around the sun, be spherical, and be the biggest thing in its orbit. Pluto is none of those. Pluto has fulfilled the first two rules to be a planet, but not the rest. Pluto is not the largest body in its orbit, but Eris (another dwarf planet.) is. Eris is 27% bigger than Pluto. Pluto is now known as the “dwarf planet,” but the debate didn't end there...
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If mars, like Pluto, was a part of the Kuiper belt, it would no longer be considered a planet. Even Earth’s moon is bigger than Pluto. Pluto does orbit the sun at a 17- degree angle to this plane. A dwarf planet is a celestial body that: Orbits the sun, Has enough mass to assume round shape, Has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, is not a moon. At Least pluto is still in the

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