8 things you should know about

PLUTO

by Emma Gatti

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

IT'S SMALL

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Pluto is about  6 billion km  from Earth

IT'S FAR

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

IT'S SLOW

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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

IT'S DARK

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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

IT'S HAZY

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Charon,  Kerberos,  Styx,  Nix  and Hydra

IT HAS  5 MOONS

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The temperature fluctuates between -228 and -238 degrees Celsius

IT'S COLD

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

A GIRL NAMED IT