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Pluto is the furthest and smallest PLANET
from the sun. It has not yet been visited
by any probes. Pluto has such an elliptical
orbit that its orbital path around the sun
actually brings it inside the orbit of
NEPTUNE.
Statistics
Distance from the sun:
Furthest (Aphelion): 7,371,000,000km
Nearest (Perhelion): 4,435,577,000km
Mean (Average): 5,900,000,000km
Orbital period: 247
Rotation Period: 6days 9hrs
Diameter at Equater: 2400 - 3600km
Mass ( Earth = 1): .0025
Surface Temperture: -232
Gravity (Earth = 1): ?
Closest aproach to the Earth: 4,296,000,000km
Density (density of water = 1): ?
Atmosphere: METHANE
Moons: 1
Rings: 0
Subject by: Malcolm Pett