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Pluto

Pluto. Ansley Kauffman Mrs.Scheivert Media Elementary. Getting to know Pluto. Size: Smaller than Earth’s moon Location: It is farther than Neptune. Weather: Temperatures lower than -230º C

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Pluto

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  1. Pluto • Ansley Kauffman • Mrs.Scheivert • Media Elementary

  2. Getting to know Pluto Size: Smaller than Earth’s moon Location: It is farther than Neptune. Weather: Temperatures lower than -230º C Orbit: 248 Earth years for 1 orbit around the Sun. The orbit is different than the other 8 planets, it’s eccentric, and it crosses Neptune’s orbit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#cite_ref-2

  3. Pluto’s discovery • Pluto was the only planet discovered in the twentieth century (1930). • The only planet discovered by the U.S. • Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. • Pluto has 5 moons : Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx. • The last 2 moons weren’t discovered until 2012.

  4. Is it a planet? stpaulcorrea.wikispaces.com www.flickr.com

  5. sonriendoalmundo@blogspot.com Pluto is not a planet • Pluto stopped being called a planet in 2006. • Pluto is called a dwarf planet. • Dwarf planets and planets both orbit the sun. • The difference is that Pluto can not move things out of its way.

  6. Spacecraft to Pluto New Horizons is a spacecraft. It left Earth January 19, 2006. It will see Pluto in July 2015. It will take pictures.

  7. New Horizons

  8. Sources • What is Pluto?, Heather R. Smith/NASA Educational Technology Services, Last updated: January 27, 2014, http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-pluto-k4.html • “Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? (Ask an Astronomer), Dr. Robert Hurt, 7/18/2008, youtube video • “Who discovered Pluto?”, Fraser Cain, 11/27/09, http://www.universetoday.com/46228/who-discovered-pluto/

  9. More Sources • The sun and its planets, Thea Feldman, No date listed. • Pluto Spacecraft: "New Horizons Mission Update" Nov 2008 NASA: http://youtu.be/E-GlmNs-BQs • Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

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