https://www.pitara.com/tags/pluto/Recent content in Pluto on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSun, 28 Jun 2026 13:59:11 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-pluto-a-star-or-a-comet/Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:10:50 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-pluto-a-star-or-a-comet/<figure class="image-medium"> <a class="lightbox-link" href="https://www.pitara.com/media/what-is-pluto-a-star-or-a-comet_hu_e859c239fc4d92e.webp" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/what-is-pluto-a-star-or-a-comet_hu_786fe7dd522deede.webp" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/what-is-pluto-a-star-or-a-comet_hu_ce3dd29200af1fda.webp 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/what-is-pluto-a-star-or-a-comet_hu_786fe7dd522deede.webp 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="Is Pluto a Planet?" height="672" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> </figure> <p>Which is the planet farthest from the Sun? For a long time, the answer was Pluto. Not any more.</p> <p>In 2006, the world&rsquo;s astronomers met and agreed on exactly what a &lsquo;planet&rsquo; is. Pluto did not fit the new rules, so it was given a new title — a <strong>dwarf planet</strong>.</p> <p>Why the change? Mostly Pluto&rsquo;s small size. It is only about 2,377 kilometres across — about five times smaller than Earth, and even smaller than our own Moon. Scientists had long suspected that something so tiny did not belong in the club of major planets.</p>