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2008-02-25 01:15 Dream out loud 1500×1501× (557188 bytes) replaced image of Pluto with plain circle since [[:Image:Pluto.jpg]] is non-free 2006-03-20 05:15 Brian0918 1500×1501× (733277 bytes) Rough comparison of the sizes of Earth and Pluto.
Pluto (bottom left) compared in size to the Earth and the Moon. Pluto's diameter is 2 376.6 ± 3.2 km [5] and its mass is (1.303 ± 0.003) × 10 22 kg, 17.7% that of the Moon (0.22% that of Earth). [125] Its surface area is 1.774 443 × 10 7 km 2, or just slightly bigger than Russia or Antarctica (particularly including the Antarctic sea ice ...
Pluto's reign. For decades, students learned the phrase "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" to remember the order of the planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars ...
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NASA's New Horizons team has just revealed the most detailed images of Pluto yet, and the space agency is ecstatic about what it has seen: a smooth, young, and active surface on what had been ...
This new view of Pluto's crescent stunningly highlights the dwarf planet's varied terrains, extended atmosphere and familiar Arctic look. NASA releases stunning new 'Earth-like' images of Pluto ...
Initially, planetesimals were closely packed. They coalesced into larger objects, forming clumps up to a few kilometers across in a few million years, a small time in comparison to the age of the Solar System. [3] After the planetesimals grew bigger in sizes, collisions became highly destructive, making further growth more difficult.
For 76 years, Pluto was considered our solar system's ninth planet — so, what caused it to lose its status?