PLUTO



Mass (kg)............................................ 1.29 x 10^22
Diameter ............................................ 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 in Earth days)........ 6.39 Revolution period (length of year in Earth years).... 247.7

Obliquity (tilt of axis in degrees).................. 122.5 Orbit inclination (degrees).......................... 17.15 Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular)......... 0.248

Mean surface temperature(Farenheit).................. -387 to -369 (-233 C to -223 C)

Visual geometric albedo (reflectivity)............... about 0.5

Atmospheric components............................... perhaps methane and nitrogen Surface materials.................................... perhaps methane ice

Number of satellites................................. 1




Closest View

This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon,Charon, as revealed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. the image was taken by the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera on February 21, 1994 when the planet was 4.4 billion km(2.6 billion mi.)from Earth. A bright highlight on Pluto suggests it has a smoothly reflecting surface layer.

Interesting Facts about this Planet



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COMPARISON TO EARTH


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