Many astronomers now regard Pluto as just one of the largest of the thousands of Kuiper Belt bodies found beyond Neptune.

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Pluto is considered one of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the Solar System beyond Neptune filled with small bodies and dwarf planets. This reclassification led to Pluto being demoted from its status as the ninth planet in our Solar System to that of a "dwarf planet" in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.

Many Astronomers Now Regard Pluto as Just One of the Largest