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    1 day ago · Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.

  2. May 6, 2024 · Learn about Pluto, the dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, and its moon Charon. Find out why Pluto is not a planet, how it orbits the Sun, and what NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered there.

  3. 2 days ago · Pluto, large, distant member of the solar system that formerly was regarded as the outermost and smallest planet. In 2006 a group of experts in the scientific community voted to give Pluto the new classification of dwarf planet. Learn more about Pluto in this article.

  4. May 21, 2024 · Interesting Facts. 01 Astronomers discovered Pluto as the 9th planet in the solar system in 1930. 02 Pluto has a width of around 1,400 mi. and a radius of 715 mi. 03 Aged 4.6 billion years, Pluto is as old as the rest of the solar system. 04 By mass, Pluto consists of 30-50% ice and 50-70% rock.

  5. May 6, 2024 · All About Pluto. Pluto is now categorized as a dwarf planet. explore; What Is the Kuiper Belt? The icy bits past Neptunes orbit . explore; How Many Moons Does Each Planet Have? We have one, but some planets have dozens. explore

  6. May 27, 2024 · Pluto has a diameter of approximately 2,377 kilometers and a mass of 1.31 x 10^22 kilograms. Pluto has a highly elliptical orbit, with a period of 248 Earth years, and its orbit is tilted relative to the plane of the solar system. Pluto has five known moons, the largest of which is Charon, which is about half the size of Pluto itself.

  7. May 25, 2024 · Pluto is a dwarf planet that was once considered the ninth planet of our solar system. This distant, icy world offers unique insights into the outer reaches of our solar system. Pluto is the ninth or eighth large body in the Solar System. Its position relative to Neptune varies. Pluto is smaller than Earth’s Moon.

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