The dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
Pluto is the only planet in the solar system that has not been explored with a spacecraft. What is know about the dark, frozen world is the result of many years of work by scientists. It is thought that Pluto is made up of a mixture of rocks and several kinds of "ices". Scientists believe that most of the ices that make up Pluto are frozen methane and ammonia.
It depends on your point of view.... For hundreds of years, scientists have stated there are nine planets in our solar system... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. In recent years scientists have 'relegated' Pluto to a 'minor planet' - as it is now considered part of the Kuiper belt, which is an area outside Pluto's orbit.
It takes about 50 years from earth to Pluto
pluto has 4 known moons
Probably hundreds, since it takes years to get to Pluto.
To get from Earth to Pluto it takes 5763 km to get their.
Pluto has four known moons, four times as many as the Earth.
248.09 Earth years for Pluto to orbit the Sun
As of 2013, Pluto has been classed as a dwarf planet for 7 years.
Pluto orbits the Sun in 14,164.4 Pluto days (90,613.305 Earth days, or 248.03 Earth years).
248 years
Because it takes many years to reach Pluto (with a probe), and then, many more years to transmit information back.