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By Tayla & Jessamy
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Who Discovered Pluto? Percivul Lowel
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Pluto has one moon called Charon. Pluto has no volcanoes, it has a surface of rock and ice. Pluto is named after a Greek God (or Roman).
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Atmosphere: Methane. Temperature: Between-369°and- 387°F (223°and 233°c). Rotation of it’s axis: 6 days,9 hours,18 minutes.
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Diameter:at equater : 2274km(1413miles). Average distance from the sun: 5900 millionkm(3,666million miles). Orbital period:247.7 years.
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Number of moons 1 (Charon). Gravity (Earth=1)0.067. Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.
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Compared with most of the planets and moons, Charon is tipped on its side like Uranus. Many people believe Pluto was an escaped moon from Neptune.
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Diameter: 1,423miles(2,290km) Surface: A giant snowball of methane and water mixed with rock. Satellites: One.
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Rotation around the sun: 248 earth days. Distance from the earth: at the closet point, 2:67 billion miles. Rotation on peroid: 6.39 days.
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Mass (Earth=1):0.002. Surface temp (223°c. This deep-frozen world of rock and ice was the planet to be discovered.
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Pluto & its moon Charon.
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