Solar System Reference Guide

Pluto


AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM SUN: 5900 MILLION KILOMETRES
DIAMETER: 3000 KILOMETRES
MASS: 0.0025 EARTH STANDARD
GRAVITY: 0.2 EARTH STANDARD
ATMOSPHERE: METHANE
NUMBER OF MOONS: ONE, CHARON
PLUTO YEAR: 248 EARTH YEARS
PLUTO DAY: 6.5 EARTH DAYS

Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun, and has not yet been visited by any probes, what is known that Pluto has an elliptical orbit, which actually brings it inside the orbit of Neptune.
There is currently some debate over whether Pluto can be classed at a actual planet, due to its tiny size, the most likely case is that Pluto & its companion Charon, are merely large fragments of rock that are being held in orbit.

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