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ID: 7030643
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030643
Record Type:
administrative
Pluto (dwarf planet)
Note:
Discovered in 1930, Pluto has a highly erratic orbit, a high percentage of rock, and a layer of methane ice on its surface. It was demoted to the status of dwarf planet in 2006.
Names:
Pluto
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
Extraterrestrial Places
(facet)
....
Milky Way Galaxy
(galaxy) (
P
)
........
Solar System
(planetary system) (
P
)
............
Pluto
(dwarf planet) (
P
)
Place Types:
dwarf planet (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since 2006
planet (
H
)
............
from 1930-2006
Sources and Contributors:
Pluto..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
National Air and Space Museum Online (2005-)
accessed 1 March 2005
..............
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
National Air and Space Museum Online (2005-)
accessed 1 March 2005
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
National Geographic: Eight Planets (2006)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
National Geographic: Eight Planets (2006)
..........
Times Atlas of the World (1999)
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