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From an average distance of about 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), Pluto is about 39 times farther away than the Earth is from the Sun. From this distance, it takes sunlight 5.5 hours to travel from the Sun to Pluto.
From an average distance of 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), Pluto is 39 astronomical units away from the Sun. One astronomical unit (abbreviated as AU), is the distance from the Sun to Earth. From this distance, it takes sunlight 5.5 hours to travel from the Sun to Pluto.
15 paź 2024 · Pluto’s mean distance from the Sun, about 5.9 billion km (3.7 billion miles or 39.5 astronomical units), gives it an orbit larger than that of the outermost planet, Neptune. (One astronomical unit [AU] is the average distance from Earth to the Sun—about 150 million km [93 million miles].)
16 lut 2024 · Earth resides in a fairly circular orbit around the sun at a distance of 150 million kilometers (give or take a few million at perihelion and aphelion)—so close on an astronomical scale...
Pluto has a moderately eccentric and inclined orbit, ranging from 30 to 49 astronomical units (4.5 to 7.3 billion kilometres; 2.8 to 4.6 billion miles) from the Sun. Light from the Sun takes 5.5 hours to reach Pluto at its orbital distance of 39.5 AU (5.91 billion km; 3.67 billion mi).
11 sty 2024 · Pluto Atmosphere. Surface Pressure: ~13 microbar Surface temperature: 24 - 38 K (-247 - -233 C) Scale height: ~18 km lower atmosphere, ~50 km above 30 km Mean molecular weight: ~28 Atmospheric composition: 99% Nitrogen (N 2), 0.5% Methane (CH 4), 0.05% Carbon Monoxide (CO), trace HCN, C 2 H x hydrocarbons.
11 paź 2024 · Pluto is actually closer to the Sun than Neptune for about 8% of its orbit. Pluto is just one of many icy objects in a distant area of our solar system. Pluto and its large, orbiting moon Charon, are tipped on their sides.
