The lowest temperature ever recorded at the surface of a body in
the solar system is the surface temperature of Neptune's moon
Triton, which Voyager 2 measured as -235 deg C - 38 degrees
above absolute zero. Temperatures on Pluto are almost certainly
very similar, though only ground-based estimates are available.
They put the bright areas on Pluto at about -233 deg C, with its
darker areas around 20 degrees warmer. Pluto and Triton seem
to be very similar - more alike than any other pair of bodies in
the solar system.
The surface temperature of a moon or planet depends on several
factors: its distance from the Sun, whether it has an internal
source of heat, and the effects of any atmosphere. Triton and
Pluto both receive very small amounts of heat from the Sun,
have no internal heat, and are cooled further by the evaporation
of ices from their surfaces.
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