Is Pluto a planet or star?

[CharlotteNoivern]

Planet

Star

[Lliam]

It's certainly not a star. It's basically a cold, spherical rock, but it does have five moons.

It was discovered and classified as a planet in 1930. But it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
It wasn't formed along with the rest of our solar system and its orbit isn't on the same plane as the rest of the planets.

[MrOracle]

Neither, - it's classified as a dwarf planet - it's smaller than many of the moons in our solar system, and clearly it wasn't originally part of the solar system but was later captured by our solar system - that's why its orbit isn't concentric or on the same plane as the rest of the planets. Much of that wasn't as well understood when it was originally classified as a planet, at the time of its discovery, but once you know more, it makes sense that it was reclassified.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Size is a poor way to classify stellar objects. It would make more sense to call all solid rocky spherical ones planets
Why is pluto a dwarf planet, but mercury is a planet, and titan and lua is neither? The naming choices are too inconsistant.

Even jovian objects like jupiter are called planets, despite being structurally more like stars.

[MrOracle]

@TheSpaceGnome I don't make the rules. Titan and other large moons are moons because they are in orbit around a planet rather than directly around a star. But, yeah, at some point Pluto was just a wandering planet moving through the galaxy before it was captured by our sun's gravity.

[TheSpaceGnome]

What are they gonna call 2 spherical rocky objects of the same size orbiting eachother? Because thats a thing. I still say naming should be based on what it is rather than what it does or its size. 🤔

[TheSpaceGnome]

Oddly enough they don't name stars based on size or behavior, only planets and moons.

[electromagnetic]

At this point who even know cause Nasa keeps changing their mind every couple years. When I was growing up, they said planet then drilled into us at school: mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto like a song. Couple years after that, nope it’s a star.. okay cool. It’s a star.

Then 5 years later, “ops we made a mistake, it’s a planet. Y’all better remember that stupid song about the planets again” 🙄

[Daniela1982]

A star. Or at least he used to be.

😂🤣😅😘

[RebelinSteel]

[strateguy632]

that pluto is a star!

[RebelinSteel]

@strateguy632
Nope
It is a Star Dog

[OtterMan68]

What about this one:

[rachel776]

@rebelinsteel they found a Pluto image on Pluto when they went up there

[Jersey2]

As I understand it, the planet was named after the popular Disney character which was new as well.

www.realclearscience.com/.../...ey_dog_106464.html

[Anonymous]

Pluto isn't quite a planet anymore. It's classified as a dwarf planet, which is basically a smaller round object orbiting the sun. It's still super cool and interesting, but it doesn't meet the criteria to be a full-fledged planet anymore.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for planets & stars they come in all shapes & sizes & as for Pluto to me it’s still a planet & it always will be. Shame on the International Astronomy Union for declassifying Pluto as a planet & shame on the people who fund the IAU as well.

[msmissydc]

Neither its definetly NOT a star and its technically a dwarf planet but thats a thing of definition. So yeah kinda a planet just not a full planet. Its not a star!!!

[abc3643]

Pluto is a star in Disney movies and cartoons.

As for the celestial body named Pluto, I won't go into whether it is a planet or not, but it is definitely not a star.

[Agape93]

It's a planet... what 2 idiots think Pluto's a star? It's literally just rock and ice

[strateguy632]

both! the planet pluto is a planet because it is in the orbit of neptune, despite size small.

the other pluto is a star! in cartoons.

[DJB72]

Neither.

Pluto is Mickey's dog...

[DryGermanGuy]

It has been reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Its a planet. Your question would be more appropriate for gas giants like jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune, which are physically more like stars than they are like planets.

[Siri137]

Our Sun is a star. Do you even know what stars and planets are?

[ApplePie409]

I was about to answer, but then I read the retarded replies.

[AviatorTom]

Pluto has actually been classified as a dwarf planet. I prefer Pluto the dog though.

[KrakenAttackin]

The Pluto haters need to chill, Pluto is. PLANET dammit.

[Alex-Snow]

Neither, it is has been changed from a planet to a dwarf planet

[Tyler2]

No screw off hater

[msc545]

It is a planet. Only a fool would think it was a star.

[serious]

It is a planet.

[katiesmuff]

It's always been a planet to me!

[DaBiggestBird]

Looks like a planet to me

[ChiTown33]

Neither. It's a Kuiper belt object.

[KostasKouvalis]

I believe it's a talking dog

[Jennz6]

It’s a planet

[OfDeath]

It’s a dwarf planet

[OtterMan68]

Neitehr!

It's a planetoid!

[Still-alive]

it's a 'celestial body'

[Bobby88t]

Pluto is a dwarf planet

[jahaims]

You don't know what a star is?

[shortster]

Planet, but it got demoted to dwarf planet.

[laly520]

dwarf planet

[purplepoppy]

It's a rock.

[Likes2drive]

A dwarf planet

[butterly248]

It's a dwarf planet

[Kelly6]

Dwarf planet

[12karen]

It's a planet

[Rangers]

Who cares?