The Planet Pluto is a piece of digital artwork by Michael Tompsett which was uploaded on December 8th, 2011.
The Planet Pluto
The Planet Pluto, number 9 in a set of 9 prints featuring the planets of our Solar System. Originally classified as the ninth planet from the Sun,... more
Title
The Planet Pluto
Artist
Michael Tompsett
Medium
Digital Art
Description
The Planet Pluto, number 9 in a set of 9 prints featuring the planets of our Solar System. Originally classified as the ninth planet from the Sun, Pluto was recategorized as a dwarf planet due to the discovery that it is one of several large bodies within the newly charted Kuiper belt. A number of scientists continue to hold that Pluto should be classified as a planet. The name Pluto, a god of the underworld, was proposed by Venetia Burney (1918–2009), an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England.
Uploaded
December 8th, 2011