The Planet Pluto

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Pluto is the 9th planet from the Sun. Pluto is a relatively recent discovery. It was not discovered until 1930.

Pluto is the smallest planet, about one-fifth the size of Earth. About the size of the Earth's moon.

Pluto is quite different from the other distant planets like Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. It is not a gas planet. It is made of mostly rock and ice.

Pluto is 5.9 billion kilometers from the Sun, and takes over 247 years to go once around the Sun. Although Pluto is usually the farthest from the Sun, its orbit is very elongated. At times, it is closer to the Sun than Neptune.

Like Neptune, Pluto is too far away to learn much about it.

Planet Pluto

 

This picture shows Pluto's size (the smaller planet) in comparison to the Earth

 

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