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With discoveries about Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons mission rolling in, here are nine of the most interesting facts about the former planet. 1. Pluto was first discovered by a young research ...
Pluto's orbit: Quick facts Pluto's rotation is retrograde compared to the solar systems' other worlds; it spins backward, from east to west. Average distance from the sun: 3,670,050,000 miles ...
One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...
But how big is it? Here's all you need to know... Pluto is about one-sixth the width of Earth, at just 1,420 miles in diameter. It is far smaller even than Earth’s moon, and 30 times smaller ...
For now, though, here are the five strangest facts about the former ninth planet in our solar system. When Pluto was discovered (by American Clyde Tombaugh in 1930), it was initially believed to ...
and astronomers say there is much that remains to be clarified and refined. While it is entirely unclear if the definition could ever be altered enough to reinstate Pluto as a planet, astronomers ...
1. When Pluto was discovered in 1930, a competition was held to find a name for the new planet. Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney from Oxford chose Pluto because it was dark and far away ...
For now, though, here are the five strangest facts about Pluto, the former ninth planet in our solar system: 1. Pluto used to be giant When Pluto was discovered (by American Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 ...
Here are a few fun facts about the new moon: Its name is a mouthful The fifth Pluto moon has been provisionally named S/2012 (134340) 1, but it's unlikely anyone other than astronomers will ever ...