Pluto Deck

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Orbit trails lengthen as time speeds up. Positions come from heliocentric JPL vectors. Planet sizes are exaggerated for readability, not for scale.

Vectors NASA/JPL Horizons

Textures Local public maps

Modes Top-down, focus, Pluto

KEYBOARD

T top-down solar-system view
P or 9 Pluto surface view toward the Sun
0 Sun, 1..8 Mercury through Neptune focus, with 3 defaulting to Earth follow
A/Z or the up/down arrows zoom in and out
+ and - speed up or slow down time
D demo flight, M Artemis I mission, C closest-star perspective

CURRENT SYSTEM

WHY PLUTO STILL COUNTS

Pluto is round, layered, atmospheric, season-bearing, and moon-bearing. That is planet-grade behavior. The IAU downgrade turned on orbital dominance, not on Pluto ceasing to be a world.

Respectfully to Neil deGrasse Tyson: the dispute is not whether Pluto is interesting. It is whether “planet” should track internal world-ness or mostly orbital context.

SOURCE LOG

NASA/JPL Horizons API for heliocentric vectors.
Solar System Scope textures for public planet and Milky Way maps.
NASA: What is a Planet? for the continuing definition debate.
AMNH Pluto card for the Tyson quote context.