How Far Is Pluto From Earth? - Science ABC

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Pluto is one of the furthest celestial objects in the solar system. It is 4.7 billion kilometers away from Earth on its perihelion and 7.9 billion kilometers away on its aphelion.

The most controversial celestial body in recent years has undoubtedly been the former planet of our solar system, Pluto. Albeit comically, Pluto was ousted as a ‘planet’ and was instead placed in the category of a ‘dwarf planet’ in IAU’s new 2005 guidelines. However, this did not deter people’s love for the planet, as NASA’s Administrator Jim Bridenstine came out and said, “Just so you know, in my view, Pluto is a planet”, further adding, “You can write that the NASA Administrator declared Pluto a planet once again. I’m sticking by that, it’s the way I learned it, and I’m committed to it.” Whoa!

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Good ol’ days!

Alas, it officially remains a dwarf, regardless of major popular sentiment wanting it to be a planet.

Pluto protesting sad because they no longer consider it as a planet( Luca Mendieta)S
Poor thing (Photo Credit : Luca Mendieta/Shutterstock)

We now consider there to be 8 primary planets in our solar system, but this switch did not diminish the mystique surrounding this cold, icy dwarf planet—one of the most distant celestial objects in our solar system.

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