PLUTO

PLUTO'S DIMENTIONS

• Diameter- 2300 km
• Pluto is 10456 km smaller than Earth
• The average distance from the sun is 5,896,000,000 km
• The average distance In AU is rounded to .001 AU

PLUTO'S 5 MOONS

• Hydra- 30-100 miles
• Charon- 749 miles
• Styx- 6-15 miles
• Nix- 25-80 miles
• Kerberos- 6-16 miles

PLUTO'S ROTATION AND REVOLUTION

• Period of rotation- 6.39 days
• Period of revolution- 247.92 years

COMPOSITION OF PLUTO

• Pluto is composed of mostly methane ice (40-60%)
• The composition of the body's atmosphere is nitrogen and methane
• Nitrogen- 90%
• Methane- 10%

TEMPERATURE AND TECHNOLOGY

• The temperature in pluto is about -400 to -360 degrees F
• The Hubble telescope has viewed pluto
• Also a probe named New Horizons is said to pass pluto In 2015

UNIQUE FEATURES

• Pluto was name after the Greek god of the underworld
• It was named Pluto before it was name Hates

INTERESTING FACTS!

• Pluto is the smallest planet, but has the biggest moon
• Pluto's atmosphere is gas. So it's very toxic for humans
• The sun rises in the west and sets in the east
• It takes 5 hours for the sun too rise, while 5 minutes here
• A day on pluto is 6 days and 9 hours for us.