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Pluto is the largest Plutino, a trans-Neptunian object in the outer solar system. Pluto used to be considered the ninth planet, but on 24 August 2006 astronomers have voted to reclassify it.

It has three natural satellites: Charon is the largest, and two smaller ones, Hydra and Nix, have only recently been discovered.

Pluto is not included in the standard Orbiter distribution, but an addon can be downloaded from Orbithangar.

Further information at Wikipedia: [1]

edit Natural satellites of Pluto
Charon - Styx - Nix - Kerberos - Hydra

edit The Solar System
Central star	Sun (Sol)
Planets	Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
Natural satellites	Moon - Phobos - Deimos - Io - Europa - Ganymede - Titan - more...
Add-ons	Planets - Dwarf Planets - Small objects - Natural satellites - Alternative star systems

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-'''Pluto''' is the controversial ninth [[planet]] in the [[solar system]]; many astronomers think that it should be reclassified as a [[minor planet]], [[trans-neptunian object]], [[icy dwarf]] or merely the largest of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutinos Plutinos].
+'''Pluto''' is the largest ''Plutino'', a trans-Neptunian object in the outer [[solar system]]. Pluto used to be considered the ninth planet, but  on 24 August 2006 astronomers have voted to reclassify it.
 It has three natural satellites: [[Charon]] is the largest, and two smaller ones, [[Hydra]] and [[Nix]], have only recently been discovered.
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 Further information at Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto]
-{{Planet-Stub}}
 [[Category:Solar System]]

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