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We would like to know because scientists are still debating it. There isn't really a good definition of a planet. A planet is a large object orbiting the Sun, and smaller objects orbiting the Sun are called asteroids or comets or other things. Some people think Pluto is large enough to be called a planet; some people don't. Pluto is a ball of rock and ice, but that doesn't mean it's not a planet. The Earth is just a ball of rock if you want to think of it that way. But in any case, what we call Pluto makes no difference to what it is. It's a very interesting place. ---- Answer provided by [[Dr. John Spencer, Ph.D. ]] [[Image:K2S logosmall.jpg]] Question and Answer extracted from the book [[Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer]] <gallery height=180px>Image:9781894959421.jpg|'''Buy This Book''' [http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here]</gallery> [[Category:Kids To Space]] [[Category:Kids To Space - PLUTO]]

Return to 07. Is Pluto a real planet or a rock or a ball of ice or just some asteroid that got caught in the Sun's gravitational pull? (A K2S Question).