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12 interesting facts about Pluto, which we did not know
Pluto is now on everyone's lips - he is incredibly far from Earth, but we still get to it! More precisely, we got our interplanetary station. When we think about it, it captures the spirit of the whole redaktsii.Sayt prepared for you a selection of interesting facts about Pluto.
1. Pluto - the second closest planet to the Sun dwarf.
2. Since 1930, when Pluto was discovered, in 2006, he was considered the ninth planet of the solar system. Now it is the second largest dwarf planet (the first is Eris).
3. Pluto requires 246 04 Earth years to make a revolution around the sun. That is so much last year.
4. on Pluto is very cold, from an average of -190 to -200 degrees Celsius.
5. on Pluto weak gravity, and a person weighing 45 kg on the Earth would weigh only 3 kg on Pluto.
6. Sunlight on Pluto reaches the same intensity as the moonlight on the Earth.
7. When Pluto was first discovered in 1930, a competition was announced the names of the new planet. Then the 11-year-old girl Venetia Burney of Oxford, UK gave the name "Pluto", as the planet was a dark and distant, as the god of the underworld. Girl gained 5 pounds as a reward.
8. Since Pluto was a Roman god of the underworld, Pluto's head - Charon is named for the carrier of dead souls down the river Styx to the underworld. Other moons of Pluto: Nix, Styx, Hydra and Cerberus.
9. Some astronomers suggested that Pluto - it lost moon of Neptune, who came out of the atmosphere of Neptune, and created its own orbit.
10. It takes 5 hours by the sunlight to reach Pluto.
11. In 2005, another possible planet Eris was discovered for eight planets - Neptune, and has since opened two more celestial bodies - small planets.
12. Trying to see Pluto from Earth - it's like trying to see a walnut from a distance of 50 km.
via www.infoniac.ru/news/12-udivitel-nyh-faktov-o-Plutone-o-kotoryh-vy-ne-znali.html
1. Pluto - the second closest planet to the Sun dwarf.
2. Since 1930, when Pluto was discovered, in 2006, he was considered the ninth planet of the solar system. Now it is the second largest dwarf planet (the first is Eris).
3. Pluto requires 246 04 Earth years to make a revolution around the sun. That is so much last year.
4. on Pluto is very cold, from an average of -190 to -200 degrees Celsius.
5. on Pluto weak gravity, and a person weighing 45 kg on the Earth would weigh only 3 kg on Pluto.
6. Sunlight on Pluto reaches the same intensity as the moonlight on the Earth.
7. When Pluto was first discovered in 1930, a competition was announced the names of the new planet. Then the 11-year-old girl Venetia Burney of Oxford, UK gave the name "Pluto", as the planet was a dark and distant, as the god of the underworld. Girl gained 5 pounds as a reward.
8. Since Pluto was a Roman god of the underworld, Pluto's head - Charon is named for the carrier of dead souls down the river Styx to the underworld. Other moons of Pluto: Nix, Styx, Hydra and Cerberus.
9. Some astronomers suggested that Pluto - it lost moon of Neptune, who came out of the atmosphere of Neptune, and created its own orbit.
10. It takes 5 hours by the sunlight to reach Pluto.
11. In 2005, another possible planet Eris was discovered for eight planets - Neptune, and has since opened two more celestial bodies - small planets.
12. Trying to see Pluto from Earth - it's like trying to see a walnut from a distance of 50 km.
via www.infoniac.ru/news/12-udivitel-nyh-faktov-o-Plutone-o-kotoryh-vy-ne-znali.html
