Pluto
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Famous Scientist
A famous scientist that studied Pluto was named Clyde Tombaugh. Clyde discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory. He discovered Pluto while looking for something called “planet x.” He was born in Streator, Illinois. He was the first person in the world to discover Pluto. His wife's name was Patricia Edson Tombaugh. He began studying Pluto in 1930. Pluto became a dwarf planet in 2006. Clyde went to Lowell Observatory for at least 14 years. Clyde found Pluto interesting because it was “planet x.” Eventually he died on January 17th 1997 when he was only 90 years old. Clyde was not actually the one who gave pluto its name the girl who did was 11 years old and her name was Venetia Burney, suggested the name on March 14, 1930.
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Career
I would work at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. I would get up at 6:30 in the morning to go to work. At work I would study the planets in the solar system, but mostly Pluto.
Pluto was discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory. Pluto is a dwarf planet, it became a dwarf planet on August 24, 2006. Pluto has a belt shaped ring around it that gives it its cold weather. The ring is called the Kuiper Belt. Pluto has five moons that orbit around it. The names of the moons are Charon, Nix, Styx, Hydra, and Kerberos. |
Concept & Application
The topic I chose to research is Pluto, which was once considered the furthest planet from the sun. Pluto was reestablished to be a dwarf planet in 2006 at Lowell Observatory. A dwarf planet is like a regular planet, except that it has not cleared its path of debris. It is not a moon, and it has enough mass to be mostly round. Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet.
Pluto is located in the inner Kuiper Belt ,and it is bordered by Neptune. Pluto has a heart-shaped region that is called the Tombauh Region. This region is named after Clyde Tombaugh, who was the first person to ever study Pluto.
It would take you at least 9.5 years to get from the Earth to Pluto, and it would take over 3.6 billion miles to get to Pluto from the sun! It takes at least 248 Earth years in order for Pluto to finish an orbit around the sun once. Pluto has five moons that orbit it. Their names are, Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon is half of the size of Pluto! Charon and Pluto orbit one other, leaving a little gap in between each other. Pluto will sometimes tilt while orbiting.
Pluto is roughly 1,400 miles wide and nearly half the span of the United States. Pluto is smaller than some of the other moons in the solar system, including our moon!
There is no life on Pluto, however beneath Pluto's icy crust, scientists believe there could potentially be microbial life living in the salty ocean like liquid. The reason I chose the planet Pluto is because it is a very interesting planet, and personally ,I feel bad for Pluto!
Pluto is located in the inner Kuiper Belt ,and it is bordered by Neptune. Pluto has a heart-shaped region that is called the Tombauh Region. This region is named after Clyde Tombaugh, who was the first person to ever study Pluto.
It would take you at least 9.5 years to get from the Earth to Pluto, and it would take over 3.6 billion miles to get to Pluto from the sun! It takes at least 248 Earth years in order for Pluto to finish an orbit around the sun once. Pluto has five moons that orbit it. Their names are, Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon is half of the size of Pluto! Charon and Pluto orbit one other, leaving a little gap in between each other. Pluto will sometimes tilt while orbiting.
Pluto is roughly 1,400 miles wide and nearly half the span of the United States. Pluto is smaller than some of the other moons in the solar system, including our moon!
There is no life on Pluto, however beneath Pluto's icy crust, scientists believe there could potentially be microbial life living in the salty ocean like liquid. The reason I chose the planet Pluto is because it is a very interesting planet, and personally ,I feel bad for Pluto!
