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2 Pluto Belle and Justin This is an image of Pluto

3 History Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto on February 18,1930 using a telescope. A girl named Venetia Phair an English school girl suggested the name for Pluto.

4 Solar System Pluto is the ninth planet from the sun. The distance from the sun to Pluto is 5.8 billion kilometers. The Orbital period for Pluto is 247.67. The rotation around the sun is 248 years.

5 Moons Pluto has four moons The four moons names are Hydra, Nix, P4 and Charon. The moon Charon is the largest out of the three. Charon is half the size of Pluto. The moon P4 is the newest moon.

6 Planet appearance Pluto is grey, blue and has white spots. At night Pluto looks like a dusty rock but round.

7 Rings Pluto has no rings because its apart of the kuiper belt.

8 Exploration The satellite that found Pluto was the Hubble Space Telescope. Pluto only has Satellite Hubble Space Telescope.

9 Interesting Facts Pluto revolves around the sun in an orbit is not exactly circular like the other planets. Pluto’s orbit is more like an oval shape or an egg shape. Charon (one of Pluto’s moons) is about half the size of Pluto and weighs about 7 times less than Pluto. Pluto is an dwarf planet.


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