Pluto

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Pluto

• By Caleb Taylor, Luis Reme riz and Jacob Jermen.
  

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Pluto and Neptune

• Pluto and Neptune switch orbits every 248 years.
  When Pluto was a considered a planet, it was the
  eighth planet for 20 years every 248 years.

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Size of Pluto

• Pluto is the smallest planet.
• Its diameter is 1/5 of the diameter of Earth.
  Only Mercury is smaller than Pluto.

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Mass of Pluto

• Pluto is very light. It is 500 times lighter than
  Earth. It is the lightest planet in the Solar
  System.

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Gravity on Pluto

• Gravity on Pluto is only 8 percent of the gravity
  on Earth.
• A 100 pound person would weigh only 8 pounds on
  Pluto.

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Length of a day and year on Pluto

• The length of a day on Pluto is 6.39 days on
  Earth.
• A year is 247.7 Earth years.

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Plutos Orbit

• Pluto is 39 times farther from the Sun than Earth
  is.

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Atmosphere

• Plutos atmosphere is probly mostly nitrogen with
  a little carbon monoxide and methane.

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TEMPERATURE ON PLUTO

• Plutos temperature may range between -396F to
  -378F (-238C to -228C, or 35 K to 45 K).
• The average temperature is -393F (-236C 37
  K).

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Size of Pluto

• Pluto is the smallest planet.
• Pluto is smaller than the 8 other planets.

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Interior surface

• Pluto is so far away that is it very hard to see
  the planet, so we can't tell how much of the
  surface is covered with ice.
• Pluto may also be covered in rock and ice

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Discovery

• Pluto was discovered after the 8 planets and was
  originally considered a planet itself (until
  2006).
• This planet was eventually found by the American
  astronomer Clyde w. Tombaughin in 1930 and named
  Pluto.

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Crust, Mantel and core

• The crust is frozen nitrogen.
• The mantel is water ice.
• The core is scilicet and water ice

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Facts

• Best known dwarf planet.
• Not considered a planet anymore.
• Pluto is a giant ice ball.

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Moons

• Has three moons.
• One moon is Charon.
• Moon almost as big as the planet.

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Credits

• Typed by Caleb Taylor
• Group Caleb Taylor, Jacob Jerman and Luis Reme
  riz
• Written report by Jacob Jerman
• 3d model by Caleb Taylor