Looking at a solar system diagram ... While Pluto makes two revolutions around the Sun, Neptune makes three; so astronomers say Neptune and Pluto are in a 3:2 resonance. This orbital relationship ...

Researchers believe that 2017 OF201’s highly eccentric orbit points to a chaotic origin, possibly caused by a gravitational ...

These orbital effects are called latitudinal libration and azimuthal libration, respectively. Latitudinal libration always puts Pluto high above Neptune’s orbit during their closest approach to ...

Since Pluto shares orbital ... bodies beyond Neptune — it didn'tmake the cut.Instead, the IAU rebranded Pluto, and Eris, as "dwarf planets." Dwarf planets are not officially full-fledgedplanets ...

Oct. 30 (UPI) --On Thursday, NASA released another image of Pluto's crescent ... Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The true colors of Uranus and Neptune are different than what has been commonly portrayed ...

Before we talk about it, let’s discuss the history of Pluto’s demotion and why, exactly, it lost its status as a full ... Neptune’s orbit, but it does orbit our star. Its orbital period ...

Anyone fuming over Pluto’s demotion from full-fledged planet to dwarf planet ... “plutinos” that are affected by the gravity of Neptune. Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the ...

But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit circumnavigates the sun once every 25,000 years, taking it ...