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Pluto is the outermost planet and the smallest one. It was named after the Roman god
of the underworld. Its great distance from the sun makes it very dim and cold to us. It is about the size of a
moon and scientists believe it is a remaining icy planetesimal. It mostly consists of ice and rock. The atmosphere
is made up of a thin methane atmosphere. The atmosphere may be 40 K or -387°F .We know little about its surface
however. As for the moon of the Pluto, there is only one moon named Charon. It takes Charon. about 6.4 days to
complete its orbit. Charon's orbit sometimes eclipses our view of Pluto at times making it even harder to observe.
Pluto's orbit however is immensely long and takes years to orbit.
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