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About Pluto

Updated: Dec 8, 2023

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt (Asteroid belt) and beyond the orbit of Neptune,

and is an "Ice Giant'. It is 8th position from the Sun.



Credit Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto , Famous heart feature.

Facts about Pluto


  1. Pluto is a Dwarf Planet.

  2. Pluto was considered a planet until 2006.

  3. Pluto lies in the Kuiper Belt.

  4. Sometimes Pluto is closer to The Sun than Neptune.

  5. Pluto is smaller than the Moon.

  6. There are white mountains on Pluto.

  7. A year on Pluto is 248 Earth years.

  8. 5.187 billion km away, 3.6 billion miles

  9. layer of gases surrounding Pluto. It consists mainly of nitrogen (N2), with minor amounts of methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO), all of which are

For more information on Pluto see this great video.


Credit, National Geographic, Pluto 101



Pluto's Moons


Pluto has 5 Moons, Charon, Hydra, Kerberos, Nix and Styx





Visits to Pluto

NASA's New Horizons became the first spacecraft to visit dwarf planet Pluto.

It photographed its famous heart feature, which is made of Frozen nitrogen and is approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) across.






Credit, BBC Earth: Exploring Pluto's Surface


Cheers


Mark Brown

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