PLANETARY DATA: PLUTO |
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Orbital semi-major axis | 39.48 A.U. 5906 million km |
Orbital eccentricity | 0.249 |
Perihelion | 29.66 A.U. 4437 million km |
Aphelion | 49.31 A.U. 7376 million km |
Mean orbital speed | 4.74 km/s |
Sidereal orbital period | 248.0 tropical years |
Synodic orbital period | 366.72 solar days |
Orbital inclination to the ecliptic | 17.15° |
Greatest angular diameter, as seen from Earth | 0.11" |
Mass | 1.27 1022 kg 0.0021 (Earth = 1) |
Equatorial radius | 1137 km 0.18 (Earth = 1) |
Mean density | 2060 kg/m3 0.374 (Earth = 1) |
Surface gravity | 0.66 m/s2 0.067 (Earth = 1) |
Escape speed | 1.2 km/s |
Sidereal rotation period | 6.387 solar days (retrograde) |
Axial tilt | 118° |
Surface magnetic field | unknown |
Magnetic axis tilt relative to rotation axis | |
Mean surface temperature | 40 to 60 K |
Number of moons | 1 |