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Pluto was discovered in 1930 by an astronomer from the United States. An is a person who studies and other objects in space.

On average, Pluto is than 3.6 billion miles (5.8 billion kilometers) away from the sun. That is about 40 times as far from the sun as Earth. Pluto orbits the in an oval like a racetrack. Because of its oval orbit, Pluto is closer to the sun than at other times. At its closest point to the sun Pluto is still of miles away. Pluto is only 1,400 miles (2,300 kilometers) . That's about half the of the United States. Pluto is slightly than Earth's moon. It takes Pluto 248 years to go around the sun. One on Pluto is about 6 1/2 days on Earth.

Pluto was by an 11-year-old girl from England. The dwarf planet has three . Its largest moon is named Charon and is half the size of Pluto. Maybe you can name something too!