Why Isn't Pluto A Planet?

ISBN-10: 1433982838
ISBN-13: 9781433982835
Author: Portman, Michael
Interest Level: 2-5
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

Publication Date: January 2013

Copyright: 2013

Page Count: 32

Series: Space Mysteries

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Interest Level

Grades 2-5

Reading Level

Guided Reading: N
Lexile: 810L
Grade Level Equivalent: 3

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science

Description
For many years, it was accepted as fact that our solar system had nine planets. However, one important meeting of astronomers in 2006 reduced that number to eight. They decided that Pluto was not a planet, a declaration that outraged some people. Readers