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[[Image:Pluto3.gif|right|thumb|Pluto(center) with moon [[Charon]]. NASA image]]

[[Image:Pluto3.gif|right|thumb|Pluto(center) with moon [[Charon]]. NASA image]]

The [[dwarf planet]] '''Pluto''', named for the [[Roman]] [[god]] of the [[Underworld]], was discovered in 1930 by [[American]] [[astronomy|astronomer]] [[Clyde Tombaugh]] several years after its location had been predicted by fellow astronomer [[Percival Lowell]].

The [[dwarf planet]] '''Pluto''', named for the [[Roman]] [[god]] of the [[Underworld]], was discovered in 1930 by [[American]] [[astronomy|astronomer]] [[Clyde Tombaugh]] several years after its location had been predicted by fellow astronomer [[Percival Lowell]] (although Lowell's prediction was based on inaccurate information from that time).

Although it used to be considered to be a planet, in 2006 the [[International Astronomers Union]] demoted Pluto from the status of a [[planet]] to that of a dwarf planet. Recently there have been efforts to restore Pluto's status as a planet.<ref>http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-pluto.artmar15,0,4959275.story?coll=hc-headlines-life</ref>

Although it used to be considered to be a planet, in 2006 the [[International Astronomers Union]] demoted Pluto from the status of a [[planet]] to that of a dwarf planet. Recently there have been efforts to restore Pluto's status as a planet.<ref>http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-pluto.artmar15,0,4959275.story?coll=hc-headlines-life</ref>