Profile of Pluto
Mass (kg)
5.688e+26
Mass (Earth = 1)
9.5181e+01
Equatorial radius (km)
60,268
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 9.4494e+00
Mean density (gm/cm^3)
0.69
Mean distance from the Sun (km)
1,429,400,000
Mean distance from the
Sun (Earth = 1)
9.5388
Rotational period (hours)
10.233
Orbital period (years)
29.458
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec)
9.67
Orbital eccentricity
0.0560
Tilt of axis (degrees)
25.33
Orbital inclination (degrees)
2.488
Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2)
9.05
Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec)
35.49
Visual geometric albedo
0.47
Magnitude (Vo)
0.67
Mean cloud temperature
-125°C
Atmospheric pressure (bars)
1.4
Atmospheric
composition
97%
3%
Pluto
REMAINS catagorized
as a Planet!!!!
Pluto
From SEDS
(info, pictures)
(and links)
(NICE SITE)
Plu
to
Pictures, links
and animation
The Surface of Pluto
From NASA
The Struggels to Find
The Ninth Planet
From Clyde W. Tomaugh
(discover)(1906-1997)
(NASA)
Clyde W.
Tomaugh
A bunch of nice links
on the planet!!!
(Lowell Observatory)
Pluto Images
a couple of nice
images from NASA(HST)
Pluto
Two views of
the planet
