PLUTO

THIS IS NOT PLUTO

PLUTO'S SIZE

• Pluto is only 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers) wide. That's about half the width of the US.

PLUTO'S MOON/S

• Pluto has three moons.
• Its largest moon is named Charon.
• Charon is about half the size of Pluto.
• Pluto's two other moons are named Nix and Hydra.

PLUTO'S ATMOSPHERE

• NASA doesn't say anything about Pluto having a
• Atmosphere

PLUTO'S TEMPERATURES

• The temperature on Pluto is 375 to 400 degrees below zero.
• Pluto is probably covered with ice.
• It's seasons are ice and icier.

PLUTO'S ORBIT

• Pluto's orbit is in a oval shape

PLUTO'S COMPOSITION

• Pluto's composition is unknown, but its density (about 2 gm/cm3) indicates that it is probably a mixture of
• 70% rock and 30% water ice much like Triton. The bright areas of the surface seem to be covered with ices
• of nitrogen with smaller amounts of (solid) methane, ethane and carbon monoxide.

PLUTO'S ORIGIN

• Pluto was named after the Greek god of wealth

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MADE BY SEBASTIAN PHIPPS