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ID: 7030643
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7030643

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pluto (dwarf planet)  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:
Hierarchy of Extraterrestrial Places (facet)    Extraterrestrial Places (facet)
Hierarchy of Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy)  ....  Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy) (P)
Hierarchy of Solar System (planetary system)  ........  Solar System (planetary system) (P)
Hierarchy of Pluto (dwarf planet)  ............  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) 26

 

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