Question

Pick one of the following dwarf planets: Pluto, Eris, Sedna, or Quaoar. In your own words, describe/discuss some of your planet's characteristics such as mass, size, location in the Solar System, and anything else you think might be interesting.

Answer 1

Pluto is a dwarf planet

The mass of the Pluto is (1.303±0.003)×10²² Kg and its mass is

• 0.00218 times Earths
• 0.177 times Moons

Size of Pluto : (1) Volume= (7.057±0.004)×10⁹ km³

• 0.00651 times Earths Volume

(2) Mean Radius of Pluto

• (1,188.3±0.8) km
• 0.1868 times Earths Mean radius or about 1/6 the width of Earth

(3) Surface area of Pluto is

• 1.779×10⁷ km²
• 0.035 times Earths surface

Pluto is having following coordinates in solar system

RA 19h 44m 52s | Dec -22° 1′ 42″

• On average, Pluto is a distance of 39.5 astronomical units, or AU, from the sun.

Most intrestingly Pluto a dwarf planet is round and orbits the sun just like the eight major planets of the solar system

Pluto is orbited by five known moons

Untill 2006 it was considered to be a planet but after IAU ( International Astronomical Union) classified it to be a Icy dwarf planet.