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Pluto
I made slides for Pluto because it is a major body in our solar system. However I do not think it should be classified as a planet like Earth, Mars, or Neptune.
-Pluto is different from the other planet because it orbits the sun in an offset way when compared to the other planets and even intersects Neptune's orbital route.
-Also Pluto is small when compared to other planets. There are even several other similar objects near Pluto that are almost the same size as Pluto. One of these objects is called Eris which is bigger than Pluto. Meaning that if Pluto was a planet then shouldn't these other object?
Too be a planet the object must
1. Orbit the sun
2. Be large enough for gravity to squash it into a ball
3. The object must be able to clear an orbital path, a planet has to be large enough to either pull objects into itself or slingshot them out of the way into space.
Pluto doesn't meet this third requirement so it should not be classified as a planet