8 things you should know about

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Pluto has a diameter of about 2,380 km, 2/3 the size of the Earth’s Moon

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Pluto is about 6 billion km from Earth

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A year on Pluto corresponds to 248 Earth years. A day on Pluto lasts 153 hours, about 6 Earth days

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Light on Pluto is much dimmer than on Earth. At noon on Pluto there is the same amount of light that there is in Milan, in July, at 9:20 pm

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Pluto has a thin atmosphere of nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide. The atmosphere has a blue tint and is distinctly layered

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Charon, Kerberos, Styx, Nix and Hydra

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IT'S COLD

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In 1930 Venetia Burney, who was only 11 at the time, suggested the name Pluto

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8 things you should know about

PLUTO

Pluto has a diameter of about 2,380 km, 2/3 the size of the Earth’s Moon

IT'S SMALL

Pluto is about 6 billion km from Earth

IT'S FAR

A year on Pluto corresponds to 248 Earth years. A day on Pluto lasts 153 hours, about 6 Earth days

IT'S SLOW

Light on Pluto is much dimmer than on Earth. At noon on Pluto there is the same amount of light that there is in Milan, in July, at 9:20 pm

IT'S DARK

Pluto has a thin atmosphere of nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide. The atmosphere has a blue tint and is distinctly layered

IT'S HAZY

Charon, Kerberos, Styx, Nix and Hydra

IT HAS 5 MOONS

IT'S COLD

In 1930 Venetia Burney, who was only 11 at the time, suggested the name Pluto

A GIRL NAMED IT