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2. Pluto - Wikipedia

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   Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.

3. Nix (moon) - Wikipedia

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   Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto, with a diameter of 49.8 km (30.9 mi) across its longest dimension. [ 3] It was discovered along with Pluto's outermost moon Hydra on 15 May 2005 by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope, [ 1] and was named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night. [ 10] Nix is the third moon of Pluto by distance ...

4. Climate of Pluto - Wikipedia

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   The climate of Pluto concerns the atmospheric dynamics, weather, and long-term trends on the dwarf planet Pluto. Five climate zones are assigned on the dwarf planet: tropics, arctic, tropical arctic, diurnal, and polar. [ 1] These climate zones are delineated based on astronomically defined boundaries or sub-solar latitudes, which are not ...

5. NASA just released this incredible video of what it was like ...

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   This video isn't the first to take us on a wild trip to Pluto, but it's the first produced by NASA. NASA just released this incredible video of what it was like to fly over Pluto for the first ...

6. NASA releases stunning new 'Earth-like' images of Pluto - AOL

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   This new view of Pluto's crescent stunningly highlights the dwarf planet's varied terrains, extended atmosphere and familiar Arctic look. NASA releases stunning new 'Earth-like' images of Pluto ...

7. Why is Pluto not a Planet? [Video] - AOL

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   For 76 years, Pluto was considered out solar system's ninth planet. So what caused it to lose its planetary status? Find out on this episode of "Space, Down to Earth"!

8. Orcus (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia

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   Orcus ( minor-planet designation: 90482 Orcus) is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper belt, with one large moon, Vanth. [ 7] It has an estimated diameter of 870 to 960 km (540 to 600 mi), comparable to the Inner Solar System dwarf planet Ceres. The surface of Orcus is relatively bright with albedo reaching 23 percent, neutral in color, and ...

9. Charon (moon) - Wikipedia

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   Charon (/ ˈ k ɛər ɒ n,-ə n / KAIR-on, -⁠ən or / ˈ ʃ ær ə n / SHAIR-ən), [note 1] or (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. It has a mean radius of 606 km (377 mi). Charon is the sixth-largest known trans-Neptunian object after Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and Gonggong. [18]