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Materials
- Pluto (Wikibooks.org)
Provides a description in simple language. 1-05
- Pluto Coloring Book (EnchantedLearning.com)
Provides a picture, including the inner structure. 1-05
Papers
- Pluto (KidsAstronomy.com)
Provides a picture and information, such as the orbit, rotation, mass, distance from the sun, speed, volume relative to the earth, temperature, atmosphere, and diameter. Even tells how much you would weight if you were there. 11-00.
- Pluto and Charon (Hamilton)
Includes pictures, articles, and links.
- Pluto and Charon (NASA)
Provides facts and a picture of Pluto with its moon, Charon. 7-02
- Possible 10th Planet Found (International Herald Tribune)
"Astronomers announced Friday that they had found a lump of rock and ice that is larger than Pluto and the farthest known object in the solar system."
"The discovery will probably rekindle debate over the definition of what is a planet and whether Pluto still merits the designation. The new object - as yet unnamed, but temporarily known as 2003 UB313 - is now 9 billion miles, or almost 14.5 billion kilometers, away from the Sun, or 97 times as far away as the Earth and about three times Pluto's current distance from the Sun. Its 560-year elliptical orbit brings it as close as 3.3 billion miles. Pluto's orbit ranges between 2.7 billion and 4.6 billion miles." 7-05
- Questions About the Pluto (ASK and Astronomer for Kids)
Provides questions and answers for kids and adults.
Editor's Note: Because Pluto is mostly made of ice and has an orbit different from the planets, some astronomers no longer consider Pluto to be a planet. 01-06
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