Russian astronomer clarifies Pluto's status
The writer Evgeny Bormistrov explains that Pluto's loss of its status as a planet is not due to its small size, but rather because it does not control its orbit and shares it with other large objects, especially since it lies within the Kuiper Belt, which contains many large icy bodies such as Eris. To be classified as a planet, an object must orbit the Sun, be spherical in shape, and dominate its orbit—criteria that Pluto does not meet. Therefore, it has been classified as a dwarf planet since 2006. Pluto's diameter is about 2,400 kilometers, and its surface area exceeds 17 million square kilometers.
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