In What Way Is The Trajectory Of Pluto Different From That Of Other Planets?

The planets in the solar system orbit the Sun in an elliptic orbit which resembles a circular orbit in an imaginary plane known as the plane of the ecliptic. The trajectory of Pluto is different from the other planets in the sense that it revolves around the Sun in an orbit that is inclined at an angle to the ecliptic plane and is highly eccentric. Pluto as a result is closer to the Sun for certain periods at some points than the planet Neptune.

There are several hypotheses regarding the origin of Pluto with earlier theories presuming it to be a satellite of the Planet Neptune that somehow escaped from its gravity. However after the discovery of Charon the satellite of Pluto a new theory was formulated which presumed the formation of Pluto and Charon by way of a collision which would explain their peculiar orbits; both Pluto and Charon are known as dwarf planets.

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