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dwarf planets
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How Long Does It Take Pluto to Orbit the Sun? The Cosmic Math Behind Its 248-Year Journey
The answer lies in Kepler’s Third Law, a 17th-century revelation that ties orbital period to a planet’s average distance from the Sun. Pluto, orbiting at an...
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The Solar System’s Hidden Truth: How Many Planets Are There Right Now?
The demotion wasn’t arbitrary. It stemmed from discoveries in the Kuiper Belt—a region beyond Neptune teeming with icy bodies—where objects like Eris, Haumea...
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Beyond Pluto: How Many Dwarf Planets Are There in Our Solar System?
The ambiguity stems from the IAU’s three-part definition: a dwarf planet must orbit the Sun, be round (or nearly so) due to its own gravity, and not have...