Pluto

Designation

Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt.

Pluto is now recognized as a dwarf planet, but it hasn’t lost its charm. It has a heart-shaped glacier, tall ice mountains, and a surprisingly complex surface for such a small world. Pluto orbits the Sun in 248 Earth years and rotates once every 6.4 Earth days. Its elliptical orbit occasionally brings it closer to the Sun than Neptune.

Did you know: Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is so big relative to Pluto that they actually orbit each other, making them a binary system!

Diameter

2376.60km 1477.07mi

This object compared to other %category%

Average distance from the Sun

Semi-major axis (a)

Deviation from a circular orbit

Eccentricity (e)

Angle of orbit

Inclination (i)

Orbital elements

When will it be closest to the Sun?

days left

How far is it today?

From the Sun

1.00au

From the Earth