1. Pluto
By: Mrs. Trumphour

2. Location At one time Pluto was considered one of the main planets.
In 2006 it was reclassified as a DWARF PLANET.
Pluto is in the OUTER area of our Solar System.
Pluto is 9th from the Sun.

3. Composition Pluto is comprised of different GASES: Methane Nitrogen
Carbon monoxide
Gassy ice

4. Physical characteristics
Pluto is the largest known dwarf planet.
Pluto has mountains much like Earth’s Rocky Mountains.
Pluto has icy plains.
Pluto has a reddish tint.

5. Weather Pluto experiences freezing cold temperatures!
Pluto’s average temperature is -380° F.
Scientists have recently discovered hazy clouds in Pluto’s atmosphere!

6. Orbits
It takes Pluto 248 years to orbit the Sun.

7. Pluto’s moons
Pluto has 5 moons:
Charon
Styx
Nix
Kerberos
Hydra

8. Rotation A rotation on Pluto takes 6.4 Earth days
6 days, 9 hours, and 36 minutes

9. Interesting facts Pluto was first discovered in 1930
Pluto got its name from an 11-year-old Venetia Burney of Oxford, England, who suggested to her grandfather that the new world get its name from the Roman god of the underworld. Her grandfather then passed the name on to Lowell Observatory. The name also honors Percival Lowell, whose initials are the first two letters of Pluto.