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Pluto Facts And Measurements Including Pluto’s Gravity

Posted on March 13, 2004 By jim No Comments on Pluto Facts And Measurements Including Pluto’s Gravity
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Just the Facts
Radius of Pluto = 1145 to 1200 km
Radius of Charon = 600 to 650 km
Mass of Pluto = 1.3 x 1022kilograms
Mass of Charon = 0.16 x 1022kilograms
Density of Pluto = 1.92 to 2.06 gm/cc
Density of Charon = 1.51 to 1.81 gm/cc
Surface composition of Pluto = H2O, N2, CH4, CO ices
Surface composition of Charon = H2O ice
Atmospheric composition of Pluto = N2, CH4, CO
Surface temperature of Pluto = 40 Kelvin (= -233 C)
Spin period of Pluto = 6.39 days
Spin period of Charon = 6.39 days
Orbital period of Charon around Pluto = 6.39 days
Orbital period of Pluto and Charon around Sun = 248 years
Average distance from Sun = 39.5 x distance of Earth from Sun (Astronomical Units)
Eccentricity of orbit around Sun = 0.249
Inclination of orbit atound Sun = 17.14 degrees
Tilt of spin axis relative to ecliptic plane = 119.6 degrees

From Pluto and Charon, edited by Alan Stern and Dave Tholen, University of Arizona Press (chapter by Dave Tholen and Marc Buie).

Pluto’s Orbit. Here is a diagram showing Pluto’s orbit with the orbits of all the other planets in the solar system. (The figure comes from an excellent introductory astronomy textbook – Cosmic Perspectives). You may also be wondering why Pluto does not collide with Neptune, since their orbits are close. This is because their orbits are in resonance. Pluto orbits the Sun twice for every 3 orbits of Neptune. As a result, Pluto and Neptune are never very close to each other. Here is a diagram which illustrates the resonance of their orbits. The upper diagram is the usual map of the solar system looking down from above the Sun. The lower diagram has been made by keeping Neptune and the Sun fixed – the planets are then allowed to follow their orbits over thousands of years. You will see Pluto’s eccentric orbit maps out a strange, curly path – but never comes close to Neptune. (From the chapter by Malhotra and Williams in the book Pluto and Charon, edited by Alan Stern and Dave Tholen).

Pluto’s gravity. Since the mass of Pluto is 1/455 that of Earth, you might first guess that the gravity would be 455 times less. But you also need to take into account the fact that the size of Pluto is 1/5.5 times less than the Earth so that when you stand on Pluto you are 5.5 times closer to the center of mass. Since the force of gravity decreases with the square of the distance from the center of mass, the gravity on Pluto will be changed by a total of (5.5 x 5.5) / 455 = 0.07 or 1/15. This means that a person on Pluto would weigh 1/15 what they weigh on Earth (nice way to lose weight – but a chilly way to do it!). For comparison, the astronauts on the Moon weighed 1/6 what they weighed on Earth.

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