Scope on the Skies: Pluto returns to the ninth position

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue highlights the rare event that takes place this February and everyone who thinks that Pluto is the ninth planet in our solar system will be in the right again.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/1999Stock # ss99_022_05_40Volume 022Issue 05

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Changing Postions in the Solar System

This article written in 1999 describes what happens every nineteen years. Pluto (before it was deemed a dwarf planet) becomes the eighth planet and Neptune becomes the ninth. This article ... See More

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