Explain why Pluto is no longer considered a planet

What will be an ideal response?


Although it orbits a star and is large enough for its own gravity to make it round, Pluto has not cleared most other objects from its orbital path.

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Halley's comet orbits the Sun approximately every 76 years, therefore it is a short-period comet.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Among the other planets, probably the most likely place to find evidence for life either now or in the past is on

A) Venus B) Mercury C) Jupiter D) Mars

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A 2.00-L container holds half a mole of an ideal gas at a pressure of 12.0 atm. What is the gas temperature? (R = 0.082 1 L/atm/mol/K)

a. 292 K b. 438 K c. 731 K d. 585 K e. 365 K

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The sun's magnetic field is evident in the looped shapes of

a. solar flares. b. sunspots. c. the corona. d. granules. e. prominences.

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