Pluto / Discovered
February 18, 1930
Pluto
Dwarf planet
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small... Wikipedia
Apparent magnitude (V): 15.1
Discovered: February 18, 1930
Discoverer: Clyde Tombaugh
Discovery site: Lowell Observatory
Shape: Sphere
Coordinates: RA 20h 9m 12s | Dec -23° 29′ 11″
Density: 1.88 g/cm³
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