Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 and was originally considered to be the ninth planet from the Sun.

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Orbital period: 248 years

Radius: 738.4 mi

Surface area: : 1.779×10⁷ km²; 0.035 Earths;

Moons: Charon, Nix, Styx, Kerberos, Hydra

Did you know: Like other members of the Kuiper belt, Pluto is mainly made of rock and ice.