Pluto

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Pluto!!!
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Random Facts about Pluto!

• Pluto is a dwarf planet!
• It is made up of ice and rock!
• Its atmosphere is made up of nitrogen and
  methane!
• Pluto looks like a star because it has a diameter
  of only 0.15.
• Plutos average distance from the sun is
  3,670,050,000 miles!

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Plutos Name!

• Plutos name was thought of by Venetia Burney, an
  11 year old from Oxford, England!
• The name Pluto came from the roman god of Death!
• Pluto is the initials of Percivell Lowell, a
  scientist.

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Plutos Story!

• At the time of Pluto's discovery, it was
  considered to be a planet (it is now classified
  as a dwarf planet). Being very cold and the
  farthest from the sun, Pluto was named after the
  Roman god of death. According to Roman myth, when
  someone died, they travelled down to the
  Underworld. First, they had to cross the River of
  the Dead, called the river Styx. Everyone was
  buried with a coin, to pay the ferryman, Charon,
  who would carry the dead across the river Styx in
  his boat. Pluto's moon is named Charon after this
  ferryman of the Underworld.

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Plutos Moons!

• Pluto has three moons!
• Plutos first moon is called Charon!
• It is the largest moon out of the three!
• The next moon is Nix!
• It was discovered in 2005!
• The third moon is Hydra!
• It was also discovered in 2005!

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The Speed of Pluto!

• Pluto takes 247.9 earth years to make one orbit
  around the sun, at an average speed of 10,623
  miles per hour!

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Have any spacecrafts visited Pluto?

• Pluto has not yet been visited by a spacecraft
  but one is on its way! In January 2006, NASA
  launched the first mission to Pluto! This mission
  called New Horizons will reach Pluto in2015!

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Pictures!!
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Animations!
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Charon, Nix and Hydra!

Pluto compared to the size of Charon.
Nix and Hydra
Pluto and Charon in their actual colours!
The comparison of size again
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The End Of Pluto!

• Unfortunately Pluto is no longer a planet but it
  has been re-named a DWARF PLANET!
• One reason why Pluto is no longer a planet is
  because its orbit is not circular like the other
  planets.
• SO NOW PLUTO IS OVER!

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Thank you for Watching my presentation, I hope
you enjoyed It By Hannah Wall