Pluto
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Atmosphere
Pluto is the only dwarf planet with a known atmosphere, though it is very thing and made of a poisonous gas in which includes,-
-Carbon Monoxide
-Methane
-Nitrogen
It's Pluto Sized
- Pluto is very small. In fact, it's 30% smaller than Earth's moon.
- Pluto is 5.8 billion kilometers away from the sun, that's 40 times the amount as Earth is from the sun.
- Pluto is also only 2,300 kilometers wide.
- One day on Pluto is 6.5 days on Earth
- It takes 248 years for Pluto to go around the sun.
- The temperature is 375 to 400 degrees below 0.
Pluto's Looks
Pluto is generally known to be blue, due to the thought of it being very cold. But, Pluto in fact is a light brown-y tan color.
Not a Planet
Pluto used to be known as one of our many planets, but a discovery proved that wrong. In 2006, Pluto was announced to no longer be considered a planet. It's now a plutoid, or dwarf planet.
More Facts
The gravity of Pluto is 1/12 the surface of Earth
Example:{Earth} {Pluto}
100 lbs. 7 lbs.
200 lbs. 14 lbs.
Density ranges from 1.8 to 2.1 grams centimeters cubed
Pluto is 4.2 billion kilometers from Earth
Extra Facts
- Charon, the largest of Pluto's 3 moons, was discovered in 1978, with a diameter of 1,186 kilometers
- In January of 2006, NASA released a spacecraft to go to Pluto, and is estimated to get there in 2015