PLUTO AND EROS

Discovery
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Discovered by Clyde w. Tombaugh
Date:February 18, 1930

Minor planet category-
Dwarf plant,plutoid,trans-neptunian object, and kuipler belt object

MOONS

• Known moons- 5
• Notable moons- Charon,nix,hydra,Kerberos,and styx

ATMOSPHERE

• Surface pressure- 0.30 Pa (summer maximum) to 1.0 Pa
• Composition by volume- nitrogen, methane, carbon, and monoxide.
• Temperature- -380 Fahrenheit

PLUTOS ORBIT

• Plutos path is angled 17 degrees above the line or plane where the eight planets orbit.
• It takes 248 earth years for Pluto to complete one orbit around the sun.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PLUTO

• One third of Pluto is made up of water.
• Diameter: 2300km
• Mass:0.002 earth masses

FACTS ON PLUTO

• Classified a dwarf planet in 2006
• An 11 year old girl gave Pluto its name.
• Pluto is smaller then earths moon
• Disney's Pluto the dog was named after the planet
• Pluto has a heart shape on its surface
• Scientists discovered the solar systems third zone because of pluto

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EROS

WHAT IS EROS?

• Eros is an s shape asteroid orbiting the sun mostly between the orbits of earth and Mars.

DISCOVERY OF EROS

• DISCOVERED BY CARL GUSTAV WITT
• Discovered on August 13 1898

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EROS

• Size- 34.4x11.2x11.2km
• Mass-6.69x10^15kg

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