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They say it's no longer a planet, but a "Pluton"... but not forgotten.
Pluton ProfileMass (kg) 1.29 x 10^22 Diameter (km) 2300 Mean density (kg/m^3) 2030 Escape velocity (m/sec) 1100 Average distance from Sun (AU) 39.53 Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) 6.39 Revolution period (length of year in Earth years) 247.7 Obliquity (tilt of axis in degrees) 122.5 Orbit inclination (degrees) 17.15 Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular) 0.248 Mean temperature (K) 37 Visual geometric albedo (reflectivity) about 0.5 Atmospheric components: perhaps methane and nitrogen Surface materials: perhaps methane ice
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