From Ninth Planet to Dwarf: The Evolution of Pluto
In short: Discover why Pluto lost its planetary status and what NASA's New Horizons mission revealed about this distant world. This video explores the shift in our understanding of the outer solar system.
Pluto was historically categorized as the ninth planet of our solar system until the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a dwarf planet in 2006. It resides in the Kuiper Belt, a distant region beyond Neptune.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft provided the first close-up exploration of Pluto, performing a flyby in 2015. The video contextualizes these findings within the broader Space Race, which encompasses missions from NASA and SpaceX to colonize Mars and the Moon.
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