Pluto
Dwarf planet in the Solar System
Also known as (134340) Pluto · Sol j
- Instance of
- dwarf planet(since 2006)
- , plutoid
- , trans-Neptunian object
- +3 more
- Part of
Overview
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176 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Named after
- Pluto(since 1930)
- Discovered
- February 18, 1930
- Mass
- 13.05 yottagram
- Semi-major axis
- 39.4821 AU
- Inclination
- 17.14 degree relative to: ecliptic
- 11.88 degree relative to: Solar equator
- Argument of periapsis
- 224.0689 degree
- Longitude of ascending node
- 110.3039 degree
- Named by
- Venetia Burney
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Sources- 1.“Pluto: Facts - NASA Science”solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/in-depth/Retrieved 2026-03-01
- Venetia Burney
- Rotation period
- 6.3872 days
- Apparent magnitude
- 15.1 astronomical filter: V band
- Albedo
- 0.6 criterion used: geometric albedo
- 0.58 criterion used: average
- Periapsis
- 29.667 AU
- 4.44B km
- Apoapsis
- 49.31 AU
- 7.38B km
- Synodic period
- 366.73 days
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Sources- 1.“NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Status - NASA”nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/plutofact.htmlRetrieved 2026-03-01
- 366.73 days
- Orbital period
- 90,553.02 days
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Sources- 1.“About the Planets”solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/pluto/facts/Retrieved 2026-03-01
- 90,553.02 days
- Mean anomaly
- 25.2472 degree
- Density
- 1.85 g/cm³
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Sources- 1.“NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Status - NASA”nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/plutofact.htmlRetrieved 2026-03-01
- 1.85 g/cm³
- Temperature
- 33 K sourcing circumstances: minimum
- 44 K sourcing circumstances: mean
- 55 K sourcing circumstances: maximum
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Sources- 1.“NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Status - NASA”nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/plutofact.htmlRetrieved 2026-03-01
- Has use
- colonization of Pluto nature of statement: expected
- Hashtag
- Pluto
- Diameter
- 2,376 km applies to part: equator
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Sources- 1.“NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Status - NASA”nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/plutofact.htmlRetrieved 2026-03-01
- 2,376 km applies to part: equator
- IPA transcription
- ˈpluːto language: German
- Surface gravity
- 0.62 metre per square second
- Copyright status
- public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
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On other databases
82 identifiers linking Pluto across the web's reference databases
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID1834
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineplutonas
- Australian Educational Vocabulary IDscot/8428
- BabelNet ID03199299n
- BBC News topic IDcvenzmgye2yt
- BBC Things IDcaa5f7bd-a3a4-49af-ba91-656339f52822
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID121153852
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDpluto
- Comic Vine ID4020-56297
- Cultureel Woordenboek IDnatuurkunde-scheikunde-en-sterrenkunde/pluto
- DBC author ID87097992953750
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Pluto-dwarf-planet
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDpluton-planete
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1GFdsR
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)584685
- Famous Birthdays IDplanets/pluto
- Fandom article IDplanets:Pluto
- FAST ID1710146
- France 24 topic ID (French)pluton
- Freebase ID/m/0c3qy
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7030643
- Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)3035-9
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Pluto
- GND ID4198981-8
- Golden ID (archived)Pluto-MAAZ8
- Google News topics IDCAAqJQgKIh9DQkFTRVFvSUwyMHZNR016Y1hrU0JYQjBMVUpTS0FBUAE
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDpluto-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0051568
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDPluto
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)3146663
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID48829
- Iconclass notation24C16
- IdRef ID029551609
- IFLA value vocabularies IDplanet#pl
- Interlingual Index IDi85994
- J9U entity ID987007558091705171
- JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID2134340
- JSTOR topic ID (archived)pluto
- KBpedia IDPlanetPluto
- Klexikon article IDPluto
- Know Your Meme slugpluto
- Larousse IDdivers/Pluton/138504
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDgeographicAreas/zpl
- Lex IDPluto
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh85103579
- MeSH descriptor IDD018542
- MeSH tree codeG01.060.075.730.600.500
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2780263841
- Mindat locality ID266561
- Minor Planet Center body ID134340
- NAIF ID999
- Namuwiki ID명왕성
- National Library of Brazil ID000119480
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000731740
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX456632
- NDL Authority ID00575612
- NE.se IDpluto
- New York Times topic IDsubject/pluto
- NicoNicoPedia word article ID冥王星
- NL CR AUT IDph314907
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning7332
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3958253
- OpenAlex IDC2780263841
- Pixiv Encyclopedia ID冥王星
- ProofWiki IDDefinition:Pluto
- Quora topic IDPluto-dwarf-planet-1
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)pluto
- ScienceDirect topic IDearth-and-planetary-sciences/pluto-planet
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls007430282
- SpaceReference.org celestial object IDasteroid/134340-pluto-1930-bm
- Treccani IDplutone
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDplutone
- TV Tropes IDUsefulNotes/DwarfPlanets
- UMLS CUIC0242761
- Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID1267
- Wellcome Collection concept IDwvar8cfc
- WikiKids IDPluto_(dwergplaneet)
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["MinorPlanet", "Pluto"]
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID09418792-n
- Yale LUX IDconcept/29cde0a1-dd92-4280-aaf6-6a7391526e07
- YSO ID11584
- Zhihu topic ID19726853