Pluto

compounds - more than 98 percent of Pluto’s surface consists of solid

nitrogen, with traces of methane and carbon monoxide.

moons - 5 (known)

mass - 1.30900 × 1022 kilograms

size - 2,376.6 km / 1.5 billion cubic miles / radius 1,188.3 km

gravity - 0.62 m/s2

distance from the sun - 39.5 astronomical units, that is 40 times farther
from the sun than Earth is.

temperature - -375 to -400 degrees Fahrenheit

orbit time - Pluto takes 248 Earth years to make one revolution around
the sun.

day length - one day of Pluto takes about 153 hours

additional facts - pluto has five known moons: Charon, Styx, Nix,
Kerberos, and Hydra
- In 2006, Pluto was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf
planet.

-The planet is named for Pluto, the Roman god of the

underworld

-Pluto is one third water

-Pluto has been visited by one spacecraft

-Pluto sometimes has an atmosphere

-Pluto’s moon Charon is the largest, having around half of

Pluto’s diameter.