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PLUTO!!!!

PLUTO!!!!. By: Renee and Courtney. SiZe!!!. Diameter- 2,388. Gravitational force. The force of gravity on the surface of Pluto is .059 times the gravitational force felt on Earth. Pluto’s distance from the sun. 5,900,000,000 km. Length of Day.

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PLUTO!!!!

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  1. PLUTO!!!! By: Renee and Courtney

  2. SiZe!!! Diameter- 2,388

  3. Gravitational force • The force of gravity on the surface of Pluto is .059 times the gravitational force felt on Earth.

  4. Pluto’s distance from the sun • 5,900,000,000 km

  5. Length of Day • 152.28 hours ( equal to 6.38 days on Earth. ) • Length Of Year • equal to 248 Earth years

  6. Temperature Range • -223°celsius

  7. Atmosphere Conditions • Sometimes an atmosphere • Scientists know little about the size or surface of Pluto because its so cold and so far away from the sun.

  8. Surface Features • Icy surface • NOT rocky • NOT near the sun • small

  9. Mythology • Clyde Tombaugh was looking hard for Pluto • February 18th, 1930 was when Pluto was discovered. • Pluto was named after a Roman God of the Underworld. In Roman mythology Pluto is the God of the Underworld.

  10. Bonus Info!!! • Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system. • Pluto has three moons • Pluto is named after a god, not a dog • A spacecraft is heading to Pluto right now. It launched in 2005 and is expected to land on Pluto in 2015.

  11. Bibliography Hayhurst, Chris. Pluto and Other Dwarf Planets. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2007. Print. Landau, Elaine. Pluto from Planet to Dwarf. Canada: Childrens Press, 2008. Print. Rosanna Hamilton. Dwarf Planet Pluto. Veiws of the Solar System. Calvin Hamilton, 1995. Web. 2009.

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