WHY IS CHARON A DWARF PLANET?
What I found out:
It might a bit big for a moon. Charon’s lumpy body can be hit by asteroids. When Pluto was discovered on the 18th of February 1930 by an American Astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh it became the ninth planet, but it was by far the smallest.
Since 2006, Pluto has been classified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
There are icy planets around Pluto. Pluto has a red spot. Charon orbits around Pluto. It is Pluto’s biggest moon.
By Jason
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