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Revision as of 03:25, 2 August 2024

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Pluto
Pluto
Pluto taken by the New Horizons spacecraft
Designation
Name 134340 Pluto
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch J2000 (1 January 2000)
Semimajor axis (a) 39.48168677 AU
(5.906376272×1012 km)
Eccentricity (e) 0.24880766
Inclination (i) 17.14175°
(0.299180 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 110.30347°
(1.925159 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 224.06676°
(3.910703 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 238.92881°
(4.170094 radian)
Planetary orbital element centennial rates
Semimajor axis (a) -0.00076912 AU/Century
Eccentricity (e) 0.00006465 Century-1
Inclination (i) 11.07 seconds/Century
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) -37.33 seconds/Century
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) -132.25 seconds/Century
Mean longitude (L) 522747.90 seconds/Century
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 1151 km
Mass 1.5×1022 kg
Density 1.1 g/cm3
Sidereal rotation period 153.28 hours
Sidereal orbit period 248.0208 years
Magnitude V(1,0) -1.0
Geometric albedo 0.3
Equatorial gravity 0.655 m/s2
Escape velocity 1.3 km/s
Rotation elements
North pole right ascension (α1) 311.50°
North pole declination (δ1) 4.14°
Obliqutiy of ecliptic 68.69°
Longitude of Sun's transit 225.19°
Atmospheric parameters
Ecliptic position from primary*
Note *Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Solar System.[1] Its formal name is 134340 Pluto. The dwarf planet is the ninth largest body that moves around the Sun. At first, Pluto was called a planet. Now, it is the largest body in the Kuiper belt.

Like other members of the Kuiper belt, Pluto is mainly made of rock and ice. It is quite small. It is about a fifth (⅕) of the weight of the Earth's Moon. It is only a third (⅓) its volume. Pluto is very far from the Sun, so its temperature is very low. The average temperature on Pluto is -223 degrees Celsius. It has an odd orbit and this orbit is very sloped. It takes Pluto to 30 to 49 AU (4.4–7.4 billion km) from the Sun. This causes Pluto to sometimes go closer to the Sun than Neptune.

Pluto is not included in the standard Orbiter distribution, but an addon can be downloaded from Orbithangar.[2]

Further information at Wikipedia: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

References

  1. Pluto Overview, Retrieved 2019-04-01
  2. Pluto and Moons, Retrieved 2019-04-01
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