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Pluto

/ˈpluːtəʊ/noun

उच्चारण प्लूटो

प्लूटो (बौना ग्रह), यम

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [sing.]

    a small, very cold object that goes around the sun beyond Neptune, which was called the ninth planet until 2006 and is now officially a dwarf planet

    प्लूटो (बौना ग्रह), यम

    • Pluto is smaller than the earth's moon.
    • Pluto was discovered in 1930.
    • Pluto takes more than two hundred years to circle the sun.
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    • Scientists decided that Pluto is a dwarf planet.
    • A spacecraft took close-up pictures of Pluto in 2015.
  2. 2

    [sing.]

    (in ancient Roman stories) the god of the underworld

    प्लूटो (रोमन कथाओं में पाताल लोक के देवता)

    • Pluto, ruler of the dead
    • In Roman myths, Pluto ruled the world of the dead.
    • Pluto was believed to rule over the dead in Roman myth.
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    • The ancient Romans prayed to Pluto in times of fear.
    • In the story, Pluto lived deep below the earth.
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General knowledge

In 2006 the International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto was not a full planet but a dwarf planet, so the solar system is now said to have eight planets.

2006 में International Astronomical Union ने तय किया कि Pluto पूर्ण ग्रह नहीं बल्कि dwarf planet (बौना ग्रह) है, इसलिए अब सौरमंडल में आठ ग्रह माने जाते हैं।