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Pluto
Welcome to The Planet of Pluto.
Information about Pluto
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| Mass |
kg |
1.29 x 10^22 |
| Diameter |
km |
1,430 mi.(2300 km.) |
| Mean Density |
kg/m^3 |
2030 |
| Escape Velocity |
m/sec |
1100 |
| Distance from
the sun |
Shortest |
2,749,600,000
mi.(4,425,100,000 km) |
| Greatest |
4,582,700,000
mi.(7,375,100,000 km) |
| Mean |
3,666,200,000
mi.(5,900,100,000 km) |
| Rotation
Period (Length of Day) |
Earth Days |
6.39 |
| Revolution
Period (Length of Year) |
Earth Years |
247.7 |
| Obliquity
(Tilt of Axis) |
Degrees |
122.5 |
| Orbit Inclination |
Degrees |
17.15 |
| Orbit
Eccentricity |
Deviation From Circular |
0.248 |
| Mean
Surface Temperature |
Fahrenheit |
-387 to -369 (-233 C to
-223 C) |
| Visual Geometric Albedo |
Reflectivity |
about 0.5 |
| Atmospheric Components |
perhaps
methane(CO4), and nitrogen(N) |
| Rings |
perhaps methane
ice |
| Number of Satellites |
1 |
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Interesting Facts
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| An 11 year old British girl
named Venetia Burney named Pluto |
| Pluto is about 2/3 the
diameter of our moon |
| Pluto is 1/455 the mass of
Earth |
| Pluto has a methane
atmosphere about 1/900 as dense as Earth |
| Its surface consists
largely of frozen nitrogen |
| It is thougt to have a
rocky, silicate core; its thin atmosphere
contains methane |
| Charon is about half the
size of Pluto |
| Pluto is usually the
outermost planet, but its elliptical orbit causes
it to pass inside the orbit of Neptune for 20
years of its 248 year orbit. |
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