What is Pluto's atmosphere made of?

Answer 1

Probably silicates and water ice. Its highly-reflective surface of methane ice initially suggested a much larger planet. But at 1/455th of the mass of Earth and 1/150th the volume, Pluto should not possess a large core of heavier elements.

Answer 2

The core of Pluto is solid and rocky. The surface of Pluto is covered by a mantle of water ice and frozen methane. The atmosphere of Pluto is composed of Nitrogen, Methane and Carbon Monoxide.

Answer 3

About 60% rock and 40% nitrogen ice. The ice is structured as a sheet above the rock, so the surface is completely ice. Also Pluto is not a planet

the dork that wrote the answer before me is so wrong Pluto is so a planet and it will always be one

Answer 4

Because the orbit of Pluto is so strange, Pluto is sometimes close enough to the sun for the ices on its surface to sublimate. Sublimation describes what happens when a frozen material changes to gaseous form. (Evaporation describes what happens when a liquid changes to gaseous form). The most common example of sublimation is that of dry ice, which is the common name of frozen CO2. When dry ice is exposed to the air it begins to sublimate, or change to vapor, before your very eyes. This happens to dry ice because at room temperature the frozen gas would rather be a gas than frozen solid. When Pluto comes close enough to the sun, the surface of solid Nitrogen sublimates to produce a substantial atmosphere with winds and clouds. Because the planet is so small, however, it does not have enough gravity to bind an atmosphere for very long. Thus Pluto's atmosphere is being rapidly produced and rapidly lost at the same time. This means that the atmosphere is not in equilibrium. By 1999, Pluto will leave the neighborhood of Neptune and drift further away from the sun in its orbit. As it gets further from the sun it will no longer produce an atmosphere. Thus it will soon be too late for humankind to study Pluto's unique environment.

Answer 5

Pluto, the smallest planet in the Solar System, is named for the Roman God of the Underworld.

Characteristics:

• Pluto is unlike any of the other planets because it is believed to be mostly composed of frozen ices of water, methane and ammonia.
• Pluto has a very negligible atmosphere of methane.
• Charon, its only known satellite, is unusually large compared to its host planet. It is about 1/2 the size of Pluto.

Answer 6

Probably ice or frozen rock because pluto is so far from the Sun and the Sun's heat.

Answer 7

Pluto's atmosphere is primarily composed of nitrogen (N2), with smaller amounts of methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). There are also trace amounts of other gases, such as ethane and water vapor.

Answer 8

a bunch of condoms