Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Pluto

- 1/15 of the gravity of Earth so a 150lb man would weight 10lbs.
- The oldest rocks in the solar system since there is no volcanism or plate tectonics.
- It's diameter is 1/2 the width of the United States - 1485 Miles
- Largest moon in proportion to it's own size.
- Orbit is shaped as an egg.
- Orbit 248 years
- Day 6.4 Earth days
- Gases are frozen when it is farthest away from the Sun, but they unfreeze and form a temporary atmosphere when it gets closer to the Sun. Then freeze again and fall back to the surface.

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