pluto, n.Trivia

Pluto is sometimes closer to the Sun than Neptune (this last happened from 1979 to 1999)O

Pluto is so far out that it takes 248 years for it to orbit the sun once

Pluto will complete its first full orbit since its discovery on Monday, March 23rd, 2178.

Pluto is small --- if Earth were the size of a golf ball, it would be the size of a very small marble

Pluto is smaller than the United States.

Russia has more surface area than Pluto

Pluto was named based on a proposal by an 11-year-old girl (she chose the name for the Roman god of the Underworld.)

Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.

Pluto's orbit around the sun takes 248 Earth-years

Pluto has only moved about one third of the way around its orbit since we discovered it in 1930.