This process is called mitosis. However, parental gametes  the sperm and egg cells  are unique from all other cells in that they reproduce through a process called meiosis. The purpose of meiosis is to shuffle genetic information and cut the cellular chromosome number in half, from 46 chromosomes to 23 chromosomes.
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 and was originally considered to be the ninth planet from the Sun.
Pluto is considered a dwarf planet because A., it is the smallest planet (now not considered a planet anymore) in the Milky Way and B., because a larger planet was discovered â¦ to be behind it. Therefore, Pluto is no longer officially a planet, and is now a dwarf planet, compared to the others.luto is the roman god of darkness and the underworld. When  discovered in 1930 the planet was named Pluto was inspired because  it was then the most distant planet with lit â¦ tle sunlight. Pluto has  now been reclassified as a dwarf-class planet.