Dwarf planet
Pluto
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
Surface gravity 0.06× Earth
Mean radius 1,188 km
Mass 0.002× Earth
Length of day 6.4 Earth days
Length of year 247.9 Earth years
Avg. temperature -225 °C
Moons 5
Distance from Sun 39.5 AU
Pluto compared to Earth
Pluto has about 0.19× the radius of Earth and 0.002× its mass. Its surface gravity is 0.06 times Earth's — so a 70 kg person would weigh about 4.4 kg there.
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