The Importance Of Pluto: Closer To The Sun

Sometimes, Pluto is closer to the Sun than it is to Neptune now. The reason why is because Pluto's orbit brings it closer to the sun. Back when Pluto was actually further from the sun, but its orbit crosses inside of Neptune’s orbit for 20 years out of every 248 years. It jumped ahead of Neptune on September 5, 1989, and it stayed there until February 1999. Pluto sometimes will move closer to the Sun than to Neptune. When it does move it is above the Neptune and the orbits can not actually cross the same point in space. Another reason why Pluto was closer to the sun is that it has an orbit around the sun which is very elliptical and there are times when it crosses Neptune's orbit and becomes closer to the Sun than to Neptune. As in right now,
Pluto is actually back to being farther from the sun than to Neptunes. It often changes through the years.