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Pluto

Pluto

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dihitung langsung dari data orbit (NASA/JPL)

Jarak dari Matahari
39.48 AU (≈ 5.9 billion km)
Periode orbit
≈ 248 years
Diameter
2,377 km
Bulan
5 (incl. Charon)

Pluto was considered the ninth planet until 2006, when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet once it became clear the Kuiper Belt holds many similar objects. Its largest moon, Charon, is half Pluto's size — the two orbit a shared centre of gravity outside Pluto itself, which is why they're sometimes called a double dwarf planet. NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in 2015, the only mission to do so, and discovered the heart-shaped glacial plain Tombaugh Regio, among other features.

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Data orbit: NASA/JPL Horizons. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.