No spacecraft has been able
to identify minerals but gases detected were Methane (CH4) and Nitrogen (N2)
Pluto does not have any rings of dust, rock or any
matter.
Pluto is
about 5.913 billion km away from the Sun
Dom Stellato
It is possible that Pluto has a magnetic field, but
it is uncertain
The average surface temperature on Pluto is between
-235 and -210 ēC
Pluto is the 9th
planet from the sun
Pluto's weather depends on where it is
because there is some thin ice on it that melts every time it gets closer.
The average temperature is around -223 degrees Celsius. Since the planet
is so far away we do not know much on the weather of the planet.
Pluto has a rotational period of about every 6 days. At
this time the planet will do 1 360 degree spin.
The Planet Pluto has an orbit period of about 248 earth
years. Pluto travels around the sun every 248 years
The atmosphere on Pluto consists of
methane, carbon monoxide and nitrogen. Nitrogen makes up 98% of the
atmosphere. Carbon monoxide and methane and ethane make up the other
2%. The pressure on Pluto is 100,000 times less than the pressure at
sea level. 70% of Pluto is rock and the other 30% is ice. The
Hubble Telescope can only see 85% of the planet
Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system. It
is the only planet not visited by a spacecraft yet. Pluto rotates in the
opposite directions as most planets do. Also, Pluto is the smallest planet
in our solar system
Pluto has one moon. That moon
is Charon.
Pluto was discovered in 1930
Pluto was discovered in a fortunate accident by Clyde
Tombaugh. An error in the calculations had occurred which predicted another
planet was beyond Neptune, based on the motions of Uranus. That error had turned
up to be another planet, Pluto
