Number of moons: 1
Temperature: ~-365°F. Pluto is ALWAYS cold.
Pluto is a ball of frozen gas.
Pluto is the smallest planet in the solar system. It is usually the farthest planet from the Sun. From 1979 through 1999, the orbit of Pluto came within the orbit of Neptune, so that Neptune was the farthest planet. Distance from Sun: 3,666,000,000 miles
Diameter: 1,423 miles or about 1/5 the diameter of the Earth
Number of moons: 1
Length of a year: 90,800 Earth days (about 249 Earth years)
Temperature: ~-365°F
Pluto is a ball of frozen gas, possibly with a rocky core. This drawing shows what the surface may be like.
Pluto is usually the farthest planet from the Sun and is the smallest planet in the solar system. From 1979 through 1999, the orbit of Pluto came within the orbit of Neptune, so that Neptune was the outermost planet. Pluto is so far from the Sun that the gases that make up the planet are frozen. Pluto is actually a double planet, because its moon, Charon, is almost as big as Pluto. Distance from Sun: 3,666,000,000 miles
Diameter: 1,423 miles or about 1/5 the diameter of the Earth
Number of moons: 1
Length of a year: 90,800 Earth days (about 249 Earth years)
Temperature: ~-365°F
Pluto is a ball of frozen gas, possibly with a rocky core. This drawing shows what the surface may be like.
Pluto is usually the farthest planet from the Sun and is the smallest planet in the solar system. From 1979 through 1999, the orbit of Pluto came within the orbit of Neptune, so that Neptune was the outermost planet. Pluto is so far from the Sun that the gases that make up the planet are frozen. Pluto is actually a double planet, because its moon, Charon, is almost as big as Pluto.
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