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    14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets: Educational Version
    14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets: Educational Version
    14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets: Educational Version
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    14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets: Educational Version

    By Jeannie Meekins

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    More space objects have been found beyond Pluto, in a region known as the Kuiper Belt.
    In 2003, Eris was discovered. Its existence was confirmed in January 2005. It was found to be larger than Pluto and was put forward as a tenth planet in our solar system.
    This caused much debate among astronomers. Are there more, larger objects in our solar system? How many? Are they all to be considered planets? If not, then what does this mean for Pluto?
    On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) came up with a scientific definition of the word “planet”. Pluto did not fit these new rules. It was downgraded to “dwarf planet”.
    The IAU is reluctant to consider any more than eight planets in our solar system. All other planet-like bodies are to be known as “dwarf planets”.
    How much do you know about these dwarf planets? Do you know:
    What is a plutoid?
    How many official dwarf planets are there in our solar system?
    Are all the dwarf planets out beyond Pluto?
    How big does an object need to be to qualify as a dwarf planet?
    What other rules must an object meet to be classified as a dwarf planet?

    Find out the answers to these questions and more and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.
    Ages 8 and up.
    All measurements in American and metric.

    Educational versions have Common Core SS activities.

    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateOct 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301191161
    14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets: Educational Version
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    Jeannie Meekins

    Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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      14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets - Jeannie Meekins

      14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

      DWARF PLANETS

      By Jeannie Meekins

      A LearningIsland.com

      15 - Minute Book

      We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

      Editor: Jennifer Robinson

      Pictures by NASA

      Smashwords Edition

      Text (c) Copyright 2012 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.

      Published by LearningIsland.com. All rights reserved.

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy from any of several online e-book stores. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      14 Fun Facts About Dwarf Planets / Jeannie Meekins

      Summary: A brief look at dwarf planets in our solar system.

      1. Dwarf Planets. Juvenile Literature. 2. Solar System. Juvenile Literature. 3. Astronomy. Juvenile Literature.

      Created in USA

      Words: 2168

      Reading Level: 6.9

      Ages 8 and up.

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      About the Author

      Clyde Tombaugh

      In 1930, Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh found an object out past the orbit of Neptune. He tracked it for a few days and figured out that it was in orbit around our sun. It became known as the planet Pluto. It was the last planet in our solar system.

      Since 1992, more objects have been found beyond Pluto. The Kuiper Belt is a belt of icy bodies. They orbit our sun at a distance of more than 2,790 million miles (4, 500 million kilometres).

      In 2003, Eris was discovered. Its existence was confirmed in January 2005.

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