Pluto
A dwarf planet
Quick facts
- The size of the planet is 1,184
- Pluto is 7.5 billion km away from the sun
- Pluto's length of rotation is 247.7 earth years
- Pluto's length of a day is 6.39 earth years!
- Pluto has 5 moons, Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra
- Pluto's length of a year is 247.7 earth years
- Pluto is made of ice, frozen nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide ( what the ice is made of )
- Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto
- Pluto's name was suggested by an 11 year old girl, she suggested to name it after the Roman god of the underworld
- It took 5.9 billion km or 6152 days to reach Pluto from Earth
- There is no evidence that Pluto has any volcanoes but there is a possibility
- There are times when Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune because of the path Pluto orbits on
Entertainment
Enjoy the sights of the 5 amazing moons that are even bigger than Pluto. You can play with the snow and even go tobogganing. Gaze upon the beautiful sight of the Kuiper belt.
Ice Snow!
Toboggan
MAKE SURE TO DRESS WARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 BEAUTIFUL MOONS
Weather Report
Daily average temperature: -230`C
You will be experiencing severe cold weather and some windstorms that redistribute the ice covering it's surface. Pluto also experiences some snowfall and seasonal temperatures changes.
You can not see anything while there are snowfalls/wind storms
Earth
What is it's atmosphere made of?: Thin layer of gases that surrounds earth
Size (km) of earth: 6,371km
Number of moons: Just 1, the Moon
Distance from Sun: 149,600,000km
Length of year: 365 days
Can it support life?: Yes it can.
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Pluto
What is it's atmosphere made of?: Methane, nitrogen, poisonous carbon monoxide and ice.
Size (km) of Pluto: 1,184km
Number of moons: 5 moons (satellites), Charon, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra
Distance from Sun: 7.5 billion km
Length of year: 247.7 earth years
Can it support life?: No it can't
Travel Essentials
When you are coming to visit Pluto you are going to need oxygen, very warm coats, waterproof snow boots, snow goggles, water, food supply for as long as you are staying at Pluto, toboggan, waterproof snow gloves, tuques, ear muffs, neck warmers and light source because Pluto is very far from the moon.