pluto

by, Grant, Allison,and Katlyn  =THE DWARF PLANET OF PLUTO =  ==//Pluto was discovered in 1930 when// Clyde Tombaugh   //<span style="color: rgb(255,10,10);">was just 24 years of age he worked as a research assistant at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, without the benefit of any formal training in astronomy, Tombaugh had discovered a new planet:Pluto.However Pluto is no longer a planet,in 2006 it was o ////<span style="color: rgb(255,0,18);">fficially stripped from it's status as being the ninth planet in our solar system.It is now a officially a dwarf planet that orbits far away from the Sun.Pluto is a frigid ball of ice and rock,that has 3 known moons.One of these moons is Charon it is very large almost as big as Pluto itself.Charon // <span style="color: rgb(255,0,18);"><span style="color: rgb(255,10,0);"><span style="color: rgb(255,10,10);">//is one of the largest members in a class of icy spheres known as the Kuiper Belt Objects.The other two moons of Pluto are very small,in fact they are so small they don't even have names yet,but for now they are called// // S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2. Pluto is the one planet in the in our solar system that has not been visited by a space probe.Pluto is about 39 times as far from the sun as Earth is. Its average distance from the sun is about 3,647,240,000 miles.// Pluto is brown for the most part,the planet appears to be partly covered with frozen methane gas and a thin atmosphere composed mainly of methane.Because of Pluto's low density,astronomers believe Pluto is mainly icy.Scientists doubt Pluto has had any life forms. ==

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<span style="color: rgb(253,38,38);"><span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">    Pluto story Hi, my name is Pluto, and I am the last planet in the solar system. I a all alone except for stars and tree little moons. All the other planets make fun of me, but Mars is the worst of them all. We used to be friends but then he started to make fun of me. The teasing got worse because those N.A.S.A. people stated calling me a “dwarf planet.” Also, other reasons why they tease me is I am I lot slower. My day is 153.3 hours long and it takes me 247.9 Earth years to go around the sun once. They also tease me because to temps. of -387 to-369 f. I get called ice cube or ice ball. My three moons are my only friends. There names are Charon, Nix, and Hydra. Some things about me they think is cool is I was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 he was 24at the time, my gravity is 1\12 of Earths so 100 pounds on Earth would be 8 pounds on me. Also from me the sun looks like a big star and I have no real atmosphere. I have a temporary one. It is made of melted frozen gasses. One day Charon was playing with asteroids and one of the bullies decided to head straight for Charon. Then in instead of letting him get hurt I put my self in front of him then when the bully saw the sharp ice on my surface he stopped dead in his tracks afraid to hit me. The Next day I was not teased at all I was a hero. In the end ‘ the universe was at peace’. sources Hamilton, Rosanna L. "Dwarf Planet Pluto." __Views of the Solar System__. 1998. 16 Dec. 2008 http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm.
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   PLUTO WAS DISCOVERED IN 1930 BY CLYDE TOMBAUGH
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   IN 2006 PLUTO WAS DEMOTED TO A DWARF PLANET
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">  PLUTO IS A FRIGID BALL OF ICE AND ROCK
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   IT HAS 3(THREE) KNOWN MOONS
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   CHARON THE LARGEST MOON OF THE 3(THREE) IS ALMOST AS BIG AS PLUTO ITS SELF
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   CHARON IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN A GROUP OF ICY SHPERES CLASSIFIED AS THE KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">  OTHER MOONS NIX AND HYDRA WICH WERE DISCOVERED IN 2005
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   PLUTO IS THE ONLY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN VISITED BY A PROBE
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   PLUTO IS SO FAR AWAY SCIENTIST DO NOT THINK THEY CAN BUILD A PROBE TO GO THAT FAR.
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   <span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">PLUTO ROTATES SLOWER THEN EARTH
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">    <span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">PLUTO'S DAY IS 153.3 HOURS
 * <span style="color: rgb(253,38,38);"><span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   PLUTO'S TEMP RANGES FROM -387o TO-369o
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   <span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">PLUTO'S GRAVITY IS 1/12 OF EARTH'S GRAVITY
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   <span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">100 LBS ON EARTH WOULD BE 8 LBS ON PLUTO
 * <span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   <span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">IT TAKES 247.9 EARTH YEARS FOR PLUTO TO GO AROUND THE SUN
 * <span style="color: rgb(253,38,38);"><span style="color: rgb(44,255,0);"><span style="color: rgb(29,231,75);">   PLUTO IS MOSTLY ICE BUT MIGHT HAVE A SMALL ROCKY CORE THAT MAY CONTAIN METAL.

Grayzeck, Ed. "Pluto." __Lunar and Planetary Science__. 11 June 2008. NASA. 19 Dec. 2008 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/plutopage.html.