Transcript Name of Planet

Dwarf Planets
This is a picture of Pluto taken by
NASA.
Litzy Lara
History
• Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in
February 18 1930
• Pluto got its name by an 11 year old girl
Vanetia Burney
• Pluto’s sign is a monogram of a P and L.
Solar System
• Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
• Pluto’s distance from the sun is 5.9 billion
km but the exact number is 5,906,376,272
km.
• Pluto’s orbital period is 248 years
• Pluto’s Rotation days are 6.39
• This picture shows that Pluto is far away
from the other planets
Moons
• Pluto has five moons
• Charon, Nix, Styx, Kerberos, and Hydra
Planet appearance
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Pluto has rocky mountains
Pluto’s surface is chilly
Methane and ice cover most part of Pluto
Pluto has a reddish tint
• This is a picture of Pluto as it says in the
facts it has a reddish tint
Rings
• Scientists think that Pluto has rings
because of its moons Nix and Hydra.
They are a few kilometers away from
Pluto.
Exploration
• New Horizons discovered Pluto in Jan 19
2006
• When NASA’s spacecraft got to Pluto
NASA took a picture of the spacecraft New
Horizons that is the background photo.
Interesting Facts
• Pluto can experience really strong winds
-400 degrees Fahrenheit
Pluto spins backwards from East to West
Some astronomers discovered Pluto had a
very large moon
Dwarf Planets
• There are 5 dwarf planets
• Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake
• Pluto, Eris, and Ceres may have thin
atmospheres
Interesting Facts
• Ceres is located in the asteroid belt
• Pluto is considered as a king because it’s
the largest dwarf planet
• All the dwarf planets are not considered a
planet