PLANETARY DATA: PLUTO

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