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Dwarf Planet Pluto


Mass (kg)

1.29 x 1022

Diameter (km)

2300

Mean density (kg/m3)

2030

Escape velocity (m/s)

1100

Average distance from Sun

39.48 AU (5,906,376,200 km)

Rotation period (length of day in Earth days)

6.39 (retrograde)

Revolution period (length of year in Earth years)    

247.92

Obliquity (tilt of axis degrees)

122.5

Orbit inclination (degrees)

17.15

Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular)

0.248

Mean temperature (K)

37

Visual geometric albedo (reflectivity)

about 0.5

Atmospheric components

perhaps methane and nitrogen

Surface materials

perhaps methane ice

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