Look back at the statements from Part A that were known prior to New Horizons. Complete the sentences below to explain how we knew each of them.
Answer:
Scientist knew the approximate mass of Pluto because the 1978 discovery of its moon Charon allowed them to calculate it with Newton's version of Kepler 19s third law.
Scientist knew the approximate composition of Pluto from Pluto's calculated density.
Scientists knew that Pluto is a member of the Kuiper belt because they had discovered hundreds of other objects orbiting in the same region of the solar system.
Scientists knew that Pluto is sometimes nearer to the Sun than Neptune because decades of observation at allowed them to precisely plot its orbit.
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