Science: Dwarf Planet Pluto
Welcome to The MorningStar Academy's Homeschool Resources: Academic Resources - Dwarf Planet Pluto! The MorningStar Academy is dedicated to assisting our homeschooling families and others with the finest available education resources. The MorningStar Academy's Academic Counselors and staff have compiled and created these free resources regarding Pluto's demotion to a "dwarf planet" in a near unanimous vote by International Astronomical Union (IAU) members on August 24th, 2006. We hope parents, teachers, students, and companies find these educational images and articles on the topic of our "New" Solar System helpful!
2006 Solar System DiagramBelow is a diagram of our "new" solar system. You'll notice that only 8 planets are now shown. Because of the changes to the definition of planet made by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...
Name The Eight Planets WorksheetWe've created a worksheet to help your learn the names and orbital position of the eight planets in our solar system! It may be easier for you to print this solar system worksheet out and...
Planets Versus DwarfsWe may have lost Pluto as a planet, but we've gained three "dwarf planets!" The eight planets listed in order of their distance from the Sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter...
We Lost A PlanetWe did, in fact, lose a planet, but we've gained a whole new solar system! Have you any idea how exciting this is? Many people have never witnessed a change with such implications to the...
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