Pluto By the Numbers - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · SURFACE AREA The outer or uppermost part of a planet, moon, asteroid, comet or other body. 6,427,806 square miles 196,936,994 square miles
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Pluto's large moon Charon is about half the size of Pluto. Like Earth's Moon, Charon may have formed from debris resulting from an early collision of an impactor with Pluto.
Pluto By the Numbers - NASA Solar System Exploration
May 16, 2024 · The speed needed for an object to break away from the gravitational pull of a planet or moon.
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
In some ways, the swarms of moons around these worlds resemble mini versions of our solar system. Pluto, smaller than our own moon, has five moons in its orbit, including the Charon, a …
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Pluto 3D Model – NASA Solar System Exploration
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In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration
Visible light from these top regions of the Sun is usually too weak to be seen against the brighter photosphere, but during total solar eclipses, when the Moon covers the photosphere, the …
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By the Numbers - Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The speed needed for an object to break away from the gravitational pull of a planet or moon.
In Depth | 1P/Halley – NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.