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Did pluto leave owr solar system?
why?

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Hi Faizahawat,

No, it did not leave the solar system.  However, at the international astrophysical society convention the delegates determined that Pluto no longer met the criteria for being a planet.  Its size is to small to fit into the planetary major planets.  It has be re-designated as a minor planet.  One reason for this other then size is that it does not have a regular orbit around the sun.  

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