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Dwarf Planet Pluto

A dwarf planet that was the 9th planet from the Sun in our solar system until 2006 when it was determined it did not satisfy the requirements of being a planet.

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What is unusule about charon?

In the Ninth Circle in the Underworld. The Underworld is straight into the Museum of History, which is in the same place as the Washington Monument. Do the first main Quest. Three Dog will give you a quest to go to the Washington Monument.

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What is Pluto?

Pluto is a dwarf planet that is supposed to be no longer a planet (It is still considered a planet because of its history in the solar system. Some astronomers want to prove that Pluto is still a planet even though it is more likely known as an asteroid). It is the planet farthest from the sun.

Is it true that it takes 14 months for Pluto to orbite the sun?

No. It takes over 248 years for Pluto to complete its orbit around the Sun (astronomers have just been observing Pluto for 80 years so far).
It takes over 6 (Earth) days and 9 hours for Pluto to revolve around its axis.

What is the weather pattern on Pluto?

Much of what scientists know are observations made from Charon eclipsing Pluto and Pluto's chance encounter in occulting (covering up) a star. When Pluto occulted a star, a haze was revealed suggesting that Pluto likely has an extremely thin atmosphere. This atmosphere is probably made up of a blend of nitrogen and methane.

These elements may exist as a gas when Pluto is closest to the Sun (at perihelion), but would then freeze as Pluto moves further away. Analysis indicates that the surface of Pluto is composed of about 98% nitrogen with small amounts of methane and carbon monoxide.

There is some evidence that Pluto's tenuous atmosphere may be slowly escaping into space, possibly moving to Charon. When Pluto occulted the above mentioned star, the haze layer was also theorized to indicate that Pluto has a temperature inversion, possibly indicating that Pluto has some weather.

The surface temperature of Pluto has been estimated in a range from -378 to -396 degrees F. In short, there is insufficient data to give a greatly defined answer, but the gathered data supports that the weather on Pluto is extremely cold and has only minor fluctuations in temperature.

How does Pluto compare in size to its moon?

Yes, if you mean half its diameter as opposed to half its mass.

Pluto's diameter is approximately 2732 km. As of 2015 it's known to have five moons:

  • Charon: diameter 1208 km; mass about 1/8 that of Pluto
  • Nix, Kerberos, Hydra, and Styx: all very small and irregularly shaped; sizes not yet precisely measured.

What is the number of observed moons Pluto has?

Pluto has three moons and there names are Charon, Hydra, and Nix

How far is Uranus from Pluto?

It is 17.18 Astronomical Units from Uranus to Neptune.

One AU equals approximately 93,000,000 miles (92.95580727 million miles)

So 17.18 AU equals 1.57 billion miles.

17.18 A.U.'s

Is there water on dwarf planet Pluto?

There is undoubtedly some water ice on Pluto, because water is found in comets and moons within the solar system. But Pluto is far too cold for liquid water. It is so cold that gases such as oxygen and nitrogen are frozen there as well, moreso when Pluto is at its farthest from the Sun.

Is it true Pluto is only larger than mercury?

Mercury has a diameter of 2,439.7 km

Pluto has a diameter of 2,306

So that means that Mercury is a little bigger

How many planets does Pluto have?

Pluto has craters and so do some other planets.

Pluto has some craters and some of the planet is just rocky because of the rock and ice it's made of.

1/31/2011

From : Professor Ron Stewart

If you'll go to http://orie-technologies.weebly.com by this afternoon there will be reference to several scientific published papers from scientists and scientific articles from sources like the on line scientific journals like :" Science-Daily" that show Pluto, and its moon Charon, have craters on them.

On this same web site there will be new images and slide show demos (never seen by any human until now).

Using a new space exploration technology named ORIE (Optical Remote Imaging Enhancement.) which (5-7 yrs.) ahead of time can show you what Pluto, Charon, and Nix look like before the New Horizons Spacecraft gets to Pluto.

The scientific evidence, images, and slide demos may give evidence of this. All of this data and evidence will show Pluto, Charon, Nix to not only have 'craters' on them but a considerable amount of ice and and rock as well. There will also be new images and slide show demos showing new possible dwarf planets or moons beyond Pluto and what they also may look like.

For more reading on this within the next few days you may also want to check out the peer-reviewed science journal named :"Journal of Science" that will have a new scientific paper on all of these things discussed above. Which may also be found at: http://journalofscience.weebly.com .

Is Pluto still in the solar system?

Yes, it still exists. The only thing that happened to it was it got renamed. It used to be called a planet, now it's a dwarf planet. Nothing about Pluto itself changed, just our word for it.
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Neptune is farther way from the sun than Jupiter?

Neptune is further from the sun.

Neptune is about 4,504 million km from the sun.
Jupiter is about 778 million km from the sun.


Yes, the order of the planets going outwards from the Sun is... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

How far is a kilometre?

I kilometre = 1,000 metres.

i kilometre = 0.62 miles

1 kilometre = 3,280.8 feet

What color in Pluto the planet?

Pluto has been scientifically proven to be pink. scientists say that the color comes from the zinc located inside Pluto.also Pluto is know to be the bigest planet in our solar system.kdhgllsdh i5hjfaj i like apple pie. idsy uest and this theory is most spicifally proven to be true. and notify everyone you know so they may be updated by this new discovery by mark twain. thank you for reading this article from nasa.

What is the terrain of Pluto like?

It's not known for definite, but is generally regared as being rocky, uneven with small mountains and crevasses, and with no atmosphere. It may well harbour masses of ice as well, with frozen wastes of ancient frozen water that are billions of years old.

From Pluto, our own Sun would look like a very bright star, so far is it from Earth.

What land features are on Pluto?

The surface is currently thought to be rock, covered in ices of nitrogen, with smaller quantities of ethane, methane and carbon monoxide ices. The "New Horizons" space craft was launched in January 2006. It is expected to reach Pluto some time in 2015 if nothing goes wrong, and a great deal more will be learned about Pluto and its moons.

Does Pluto have volcanoes or geysers?

NASA believes Pluto may have an ice volcano.

What would you experience on Pluto?

Pluto is extremely far so therefore it would take over a decade to get there.

The gravity is probably very strong.Pluto is extremely cold due to how far it is

from the sun. Since Pluto is considered a dwarf planet, life there would be very

difficult. Maybe in a couple decades we might reach the peak of technology and

research Pluto and other planets more thoroughly. Hope this fixed any confusion.

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(Note regarding Pluto's gravity: The acceleration of gravity on Pluto's surface

is 0.583 meters/second2. That's 5.94% of its value on Earth's surface.

If you weigh 150pounds on Earth, you will weigh 8pounds 14.7ounces on Pluto.)

What if anything lives on Pluto?

Not that we are aware of. Pluto is too cold to support Earthly forms of life, and has no atmosphere to speak of.

It is possible, in science fiction, to create the sort of life form that could exist on Pluto; SF legend E.E. Smith did, and called them "Palainians". But it will be a LONG time before we can actually see if anything is there.

I don't expect anyone.

What do Pluto mars and mercury have in common?

Pluto Mars and Mercury have the following in common:

  1. They all orbit the Sun
  2. They are all ball-shaped
  3. None of them have any life on them as far as we know

Why did astronomers made the decision to change Pluto status?

Pluto is the second most massive dwarf planet. Initially it was considered 9th planet of our solar system but a debate raged for 75 years over its legitimacy as a planet. Discovery of Eris a much bigger body urged International Astronomical Union to describe in 2006 what a planet is. According to the definition Pluto was stripped of its planetary status.

How Pluto become a dwarf planets?

Beyond the orbit of Neptune, there are uncounted numbers of small icy objects such as Pluto, Sedna, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea. They are similar to both planets and comets and are made largely of frozen gases.

The term "plutoid" is also used to describe these Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs).