Pluto

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Pluto is a distant, icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt known for its eccentric orbit and former status as the ninth planet of the Solar System.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Pluto canonical 51
dwarf planet Pluto 3
Plouton 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuiper Belt object
celestial body
dwarf planet
minor planet
plutoid
trans-Neptunian object
albedo about 0.52
aphelionDistance about 49.3 astronomical units
atmosphereComposition carbon monoxide
methane
nitrogen
axialTilt about 120 degrees
category distant icy world
color brownish
reddish
diameter about 2376 km
discoveredBy Clyde Tombaugh
discoveryDate 1930-02-18
discoverySite Lowell Observatory
equilibriumTemperature about 44 K
flybyDate 2015-07-14
formerStatus ninth planet of the Solar System
hasAtmosphere yes
hasGeologicalActivity yes
hasGlaciers yes
hasMountains yes
hasNaturalSatellite Charon
Hydra
Kerberos
Nix
Styx
inOrbitalResonanceWith Neptune
largestMoon Charon
locatedIn outer Solar System
surface form: Kuiper Belt
mass about 1.303e22 kg
meanDistanceFromSun about 39.5 astronomical units
meanRadius about 1188 km
memberOf Solar System
mountainComposition water ice
namedAfter Pluto (Roman god of the underworld)
orbitalEccentricity about 0.248
orbitalInclination about 17 degrees
orbitalPeriod about 248 Earth years
orbitalResonanceRatio 3:2 with Neptune
orbits Sun
perihelionDistance about 29.7 astronomical units
reclassificationYear 2006
reclassifiedAs dwarf planet
reclassifiedBy International Astronomical Union
rotationPeriod about 6.4 Earth days
surfaceComposition carbon monoxide ice
methane ice
nitrogen ice
surfaceFeature Sputnik Planitia
Sputnik Planitia
surface form: Tombaugh Regio
surfaceGravity about 0.063 g
surfaceTemperature about 33–55 K
visitedBy New Horizons

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuiper Belt objects example Pluto
subject surface form: Kuiper Belt object
Eris similarInSizeTo Pluto
Hades epithet Pluto
this entity surface form: Plouton
Hades epithet Pluto
Hades latinName Pluto
Hades romanEquivalent Pluto
Makemake isColderThan Pluto
New Horizons flybyOf Pluto
Orcus similarTo Pluto
Quaoar isSmallerThan Pluto
(15760) 1992 QB1 isBeyond Pluto
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto
Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) notSameAs Pluto
subject surface form: Pluto
this entity surface form: Pluto (dwarf planet)
Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) latinName Pluto
subject surface form: Pluto
Sputnik Planitia hostBody Pluto
this entity surface form: dwarf planet Pluto
Charon orbits Pluto
Charon isMoonOf Pluto
Charon isLargestMoonOf Pluto
Charon isLargestMoonOf Pluto
this entity surface form: dwarf planet Pluto
Charon belongsToPlanetarySystem Pluto
this entity surface form: Pluto system
Nix orbits Pluto
Nix memberOf Pluto
this entity surface form: Pluto-Charon system
Nix primaryBody Pluto
Kerberos orbits Pluto
Kerberos primaryBody Pluto
Kerberos satelliteOf Pluto
Vesta sibling Pluto
Styx orbits Pluto
Styx parentBody Pluto
this entity surface form: Pluto–Charon barycenter
LORRI firstMajorTarget Pluto
LORRI flybyTarget Pluto
Ralph observes Pluto
REX targetBody Pluto
SWAP targetBody Pluto
PEPSSI targetBody Pluto
Hydra orbits Pluto
subject surface form: Hydra (moon)
Hydra primaryBody Pluto
subject surface form: Hydra (moon)
Future studioAlbum Pluto