Planet Pluto Information

Welcome to the Planet Pluto Information Website
A website about the planet Pluto

Pluto is usually the ninth planet from the Sun although it is sometimes 8th when Pluto moves within Neptune's orbit. Pluto's diameter is 2,300 km and takes 249 years to orbit the Sun. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the underworld. Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.

Today in Astronomy History
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July 29, 1958
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the NASA & Space Act of 1958, and creates NASA.

July 29, 1999
The Deep Space 1 spacecraft flew by asteroid Braille.

July 29, 2005
Astronomers at Mount Palomar discover the dwarf-planet Eris. Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System.