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First of all, it's a dwarf planet: A celestial body orbiting the Sun that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity but which has not cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals and is not a satellite. (Wikipedia)

It has a greater semimajor axis (39.54 AU), is more steeply inclined to the ecliptic (17.15 degrees), and has a greater eccentricity (0.250) than that of any of the planets. In fact, Pluto's noncircular orbit sometimes takes it nearer the Sun than Neptune. ("Universe: The Solar System" Third Edition, Freedman and Kaufmann.)

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