Pluto Comparison Table

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Pluto comparison table

Subject has material has rotation period is a kind of has temperature is an instance of has orbital period has radiu has distance from Sun has orbital velocity has perhelion date has discovery date has mass has synodic period has albedo has definition has inclination to the ecliptic has eccentricity has discoverer has composition

superior planet planet greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto). various elements

terrestrial planet silicates, oxides, water planet greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass A planet having a compact rocky surface like Earth mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements

Pluto silicates, oxides, water 6^d9^h17^m49^s 50-60 K superior planet 248.43 years < 2900 km 39.44 AU V_orb 4.7 km s^-1 1989 1930 6 × 10²⁶ g, 0.1 to 0.2 M_Earth 366.7 days < 0.25 The most distant known planet from the Sun. Its orbit has the highest eccentricity and highest inclination to the ecliptic of any planet and some astronomers suggest that it may be an escaped satellite of Neptune. In the mid-1970s Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit on its way in, and for the rest of this century Pluto will be closer to the Sun than Neptune (Pluto and Neptune, however, are never less than 2.6 AU apart). Its mass and radius have not been determined with any great certainty. 17°.17 0.249 Clyde Tombaugh mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements

Subject	has material	has rotation period	is a kind of	has temperature	is an instance of	has orbital period	has radiu	has distance from Sun	has orbital velocity	has perhelion date	has discovery date	has mass	has synodic period	has albedo	has definition	has inclination to the ecliptic	has eccentricity	has discoverer	has composition
superior planet			planet									greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass			Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).				various elements
terrestrial planet	silicates, oxides, water		planet									greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass			A planet having a compact rocky surface like Earth				mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements
Pluto	silicates, oxides, water	6^d9^h17^m49^s		50-60 K	superior planet	248.43 years	< 2900 km	39.44 AU	V_orb 4.7 km s^-1	1989	1930	6 × 10²⁶ g, 0.1 to 0.2 M_Earth	366.7 days	< 0.25	The most distant known planet from the Sun. Its orbit has the highest eccentricity and highest inclination to the ecliptic of any planet and some astronomers suggest that it may be an escaped satellite of Neptune. In the mid-1970s Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit on its way in, and for the rest of this century Pluto will be closer to the Sun than Neptune (Pluto and Neptune, however, are never less than 2.6 AU apart). Its mass and radius have not been determined with any great certainty.	17°.17	0.249	Clyde Tombaugh	mostly made of heavier non-volatile elements

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