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Was considered the ninth planet from the Sun in the Earth's solar system. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh on February 18, 1930. The International Astronomical Union redefined Pluto as a dwarf planet on… More »
2390 kilometers
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Pluto, Charon (just below and to the right of Pluto), and the tiny moons Nix and Hydra were imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. ... Pluto in Brief; Tiny, cold and incredibly distant, Pluto was discovered in 1930 and long considered to be the ninth planet. But after the discoveries of similar intriguing worlds even...
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Pluto , formal designation 134340 Pluto , is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Classified as a pl...
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Pluto/Earth Comparison ... Pluto Observational Parameters ... Pluto Mean Orbital Elements (J2000)
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NSSDC Lunar & Planetary Science: Pluto Page ... Missions to Pluto ... The IAU has redefined Pluto as a "plutoid", a class which also includes the large Kuiper Belt Object Eris. See the IAU Press Release.
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Space.com explains planet Pluto, Pluto the planet, Pluto planet, the planet Pluto, pictures of the planet Pluto ... The icy, enigmatic planet of Pluto is the ninth and furthest planet from our sun. The planet Pluto is also the smallest in our solar system; it is even smaller than many of the moons that orbit other planets.
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Pluto is a dwarf planet that usually orbits past the orbit of Neptune. It was classified as a dwarf planet in 2006; before that it was considered to be a planet, the smallest planet in our solar system. ... Pluto is smaller than the 8 planets in our Solar System. MASS AND GRAVITY; Pluto's mass is about 1.29 x 1022 kg.
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Pluto, which was discovered in 1930, is but a dot of light in even the largest Earth-based telescopes. Pluto is 2/3 the size of Earth's moon but 1,200 times farther away, which makes viewing surface detail as difficult as trying to read the printing on a golf ball located thirty-three miles away (more info).
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