Monday, November 23, 2009

FUN FACTS ABOUT PLUTO :) 

Pluto circles the sun once in 247.92 years that means it travels  5,906,380,000 km (3,670,050,000 mi).  Pluto is closer to the sun than is Neptune. No possibility of collision exists, however, because Pluto's orbit is inclined 17.14° to the plane of the ecliptic and never actually crosses Neptune's path.  
  • In 2006, got renamed from a "planet" to a "dwarf planet" 
  • Pluto gets closer to the Sun than Neptune about 10% of its orbit.
  • The temperature is around -230°C (-382°F)
  • Pluto is smaller than the Moon
  • No probes have gone to Pluto (yet) so we don't even have any good pictures of it.
  • Pluto is 3,670 million miles away from the Sun.
  • It takes 248 Earth years for Pluto to orbit around the Sun.
  • One day on Pluto is about 6 and a half earth days.
  • Pluto has three moons, They are almost the same size as Pluto. They are called Charon, Hydra and Nix
  • Pluto and Charon spin on an axis of about123 degrees.
  • Pluto has a large rock core, an icy mantle and an icy surface.
  • Pluto and Charon orbit together so both of them only see one side of each other.Because of Plutos weird orbit,Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun

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