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What is the weather like in Pluto?

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Pluto has a very slight variation in its seasonal temperatures, but the variation is large enough to produce a small physical change on the planet's surface and its atmosphere. Pluto is thought to have a rocky core surrounded by the ices of various gases. read more

Pluto, photographed by NASA's New Horizons on July 14th, 2015 Pluto lies in an area classified as the Kuiper belt in the trans-Neptunian region of our solar system. The Kuiper Belt is composed of thousands of icy, solid objects extending from near the orbit of Neptune to nearly 5 billion miles from the Sun. Pluto is the largest known body in the Kuiper Belt with enough mass to exhibit a spherical shape. read more

Although astronomers have officially downgraded Pluto to mere dwarf planet, it still remains an object of fascination for most scientists. In fact, NASA has sent an unmanned spacecraft, the New Horizons on a mission to Pluto. Its mission is to capture the first close-up images of its surface; the craft is scheduled to reach Pluto by July 2015. read more

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