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Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

9th Edition

ISBN:9780134746241

Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals

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There has been a scientific debate raging for many years over the classification of Pluto. Pluto recently lost its status as a planet. Do you feel it should be classified as a planet or is it just a large version of a captured comet or KBO? State your opinion on this issue and the scientific rationale for your position.

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Planets: Planets are the large natural objects in the space which move around the sun or other stars. In 2006, a modification in the definition of a planet was done by the International Astronomical Union. There are main three essential things to be called a planet as:

The body must orbit around a star or sun.
The body must have big enough size enough to have much gravity which can turn it into a spherical body.
The body must be big enough in order that it can remove away any other body which comes in its orbit around the sun.