As far as I know, No Pluto does not have rings
2006-11-12 08:15:35
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answered by skittles_street4ever 1
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Does Pluto Have Rings
2016-10-22 06:51:08
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answered by schuller 4
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No, it does not have rings. It is basically not really a planet. Some believe that the meteor belt is fragments of a planet that never formed...Pluto may just be a piece of that.
2006-11-12 08:18:02
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answered by divinephi 3
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Pluto (IPA: /ˈpluːtəʊ/), designated (134340) Pluto in the Minor Planet Center catalogue, is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It orbits between 29 and 49 AU from the Sun, and was the first Kuiper Belt Object to be discovered. Approximately one-fifth the mass of the Earth's Moon, Pluto is primarily composed of rock and ice. It has an eccentric orbit that is highly inclined with respect to the planets and takes it closer to the Sun than Neptune during a portion of its orbit. Pluto and its largest satellite, Charon, could be considered a binary system because they are closer in size than any of the other known planetoid/moon combinations in the solar system, and because the barycentre of their orbits does not lie within either body. However, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has yet to formalize a definition for binary dwarf planets, so Charon is regarded as a moon of Pluto. Two smaller moons, Nix and Hydra, were discovered in 2005. Pluto is smaller than several of the natural satellites or moons in our solar system (see the list of solar system objects by radius).
From its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, Pluto was considered the ninth planet from the Sun. In the late 20th and early 21st century, many similar objects were discovered in the outer solar system, most notably the Trans-Neptunian object Eris which is slightly larger than Pluto. In August 2006 the IAU redefined the term "planet", and classified Pluto, Ceres, and Eris as dwarf planets.[1] Pluto is also classified as the prototype of a family of trans-Neptunian objects.[2][3] After the reclassification, Pluto was added to the list of minor planets and given the number 134340.[4][5]
Appearance
Pluto's apparent magnitude is fainter than 14 m and therefore a telescope is required for observation. To see it, a telescope of around 30 cm aperture is desirable. It looks star-like even in very large telescopes because its angular diameter is only 0.15. The color of Pluto is light brown with a very slight tint of yellow.
Charon's discovery resulted in the calculation of Pluto's albedo's being revised upward; since Pluto was now seen as being far smaller than originally estimated, its capacity to reflect light must be greater than formerly believed. Current estimates place Pluto's albedo as marginally less than that of Venus, which is fairly high.
Distance and limits on telescope technology make it currently impossible to directly photograph surface details on Pluto. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope barely show any distinguishable surface definitions or markings. The best images of Pluto derive from brightness maps created from close observations of eclipses by its largest moon, Charon. Using computer processing, observations are made in brightness factors as Pluto is eclipsed by Charon. For example, eclipsing a bright spot on Pluto makes a bigger total brightness change than eclipsing a gray spot. Using this technique, one can measure the total average brightness of the Pluto-Charon system and track changes in brightness over time.
2006-11-12 08:26:01
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answered by Lewis M 3
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Only Saturn Uranus and Jupiter have rings.
2006-11-12 08:21:59
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answered by Anonymous
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nope
if it does, then why the hell they consider Pluto no longer a planet?
2006-11-12 08:22:35
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answered by Andrew 4
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No.... he leaves them around the bathtub when he takes a bath. Mickey gets really mad because he has to clean them.
2006-11-12 08:18:16
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answered by dathinman8 5
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no dose not have rings and it is now calles a darf planet
2006-11-12 08:25:47
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answered by Shorty 3
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no, but saturn has rings
2006-11-12 08:16:40
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answered by Anonymous
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nope
2006-11-12 08:15:26
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answered by D.P 3
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