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Originally Posted by rostasi
Actually, Pluto is a dwarf planet - one that doesn't conform
to the new rules (since '06) accorded to the major planets
that we grew up knowing.
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Correct. Part of the definition of a planet is that it dominates it's orbit, Pluto doesn't come close. Were it to break out of orbit and find itself hurtling toward the sun, it would have a comet-like tail.
It isn't even the largest dwarf-planet in the
Kuiper Belt, Eris is (as displayed in the image on my previous post).