冰冻的冥王星英文版PPT课件.ppt

Unit 46;Beyond Neptune;Beyond Neptune;Pluto ;Pluto From its discovery in 1930 until 2006, Pluto was classified as a?planet. In the late 1970s, following the discovery of minor planet?2060 Chiron?in the outer Solar System and the recognition of Plutos relatively low mass, its status as a major planet began to be questioned.;Pluto In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, while searching for more TNO, Mike Brown discovered in the outer Solar System, an object which he finally called:?Eris?in 2005, which is 27% more massive than Pluto. Never again will Pluto be the ninth planet, or the little