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The smallest planet in the Solar System, around half the size of Earth's Moon. For most of its orbit, Pluto is the furthest planet from the Sun.
- Discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930
- Pluto is the smallest, coldest, and most distant planet from the Sun
- Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the Sun. Pluto's most recent close approach to the Sun was in 1989
Orbit: 5,913,520,000 km (39.5 AU) from the Sun (average)
Diameter: 2274 km
Mass: 1.27e22 kg
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NUMBER OF MOONS - 1
MOON: Charon
Charon -Charon is the only moon orbiting the planet Pluto.
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