DISTANCE
FROM SUN: 3,700 million miles
REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: 248 years
ROTATION: about 6 days
DIAMETER: 1,429 miles
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: -360°F
SATELLITES: 1
Pluto is generally the farthest planet from the sun, but it is not always the farthest. Because its orbit is elliptical, like a flattened circle, at times Neptune's distance from the sun is greater.
Would you want to live on Pluto? One
year on Pluto is equal to 248 years! How old would you be on your second
birthday if you lived on Pluto?
How much time would pass from sunrise on one day to sunrise on the next
day?
Also, you would really have to like cold weather!
Finally, Pluto has only one moon. We call it Charon. It is unusual because Charon is half the size of Pluto. Some people consider Pluto and Charon to bed a double-planet system.