Pluto
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Radius:
1,150 km
Mass:
1.31x1022 kg
Orbital Period:
247.7 Earth years
Rotation Period:
6.39 Earth day
Distance from Sun:
5,913.52 million km
Satellites:
Charon
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Pluto is the tenth planet from the Sun (counting dwarf planets), and was classified as a
dwarf planet by the
International Astronomical Union 2006 General Assembly,
along with Ceres (fifth planet) and Eris (eleventh planet).
Pluto has one known moon, Charon.
The image of Pluto and Charon (left) was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Web Pages with Information about Pluto
Astrogeology Research Program
Browse the Solar System: Interactive version of our popular poster Mapping the Solar System
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Browse the Geologic Solar System: Interactive version of our popular poster Geology of the Solar System
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Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites - IAU Working Group:
IAU
CCRE
Working Group, information, publications, and references, including
tables of the accepted values for the size, shape, and rotations
of the planets and satellites |
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Images from various Solar System exploration programs
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Workshop on Remote Sensing of Planetary Ices: Earth and other Solid Bodies - information and abstracts from the 1997 workshop held at the USGS Flagstaff Field Center
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For images, maps, data, and information about Pluto's moon Charon, see the
Charon
section.
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Other Web Sites
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