Pluto
Basic Info
Mass:
1.30900 × 1022 kg
Diameter:
1,473 mi
Avg Distance from the Sun:
3.7 billion mi
Time to spin on axis/A day is:
6.36 hours
Time to orbit Sun/A year is:
248 years
Number of moons:
5
  • In 2015 the New Horizons Spacecraft gave us the first close up images of Pluto.
  • Pluto is smaller than our Moon.
  • Pluto has a thin atmosphere of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide.
  • In 2006 Pluto was officially reclassified to a dwarf planet.
  • Pluto's orbit around the sun is an oval shape unlike the circular inner planets orbits.
Charon

Charon

  • Charon is the largest of Pluto's moons.
  • Charon was discovered in 1978.
  • Charon has about half the diameter of Pluto.