Pluto

Pluto

1. one year=248 Earth years

2. one day=6.5 Earth days

3. Dwarf planet

4. Discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh

5. Appears as a dim star due to the great distance from Earth

6. One moon--Charon

   • Discovered in 1978
   • Makes one complete orbit in 6.5 days
   • Diameter is half of Pluto's

7. Least massive of planets

8. Orbits along a variety of other objects, like comets and asteroids, in the Kuiper Belt

9. Roman god of the underworld