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Pluto
Most of the time, Pluto is the most distant planet from the Sun. It has an oval-shaped orbit, though, which takes it closer to the Sun than Neptune for 20 years of it's 249-year orbit. As a result, during 1979-1999, Neptune was the most distant planet from the Sun. Pretty cool... huh?
Pluto Statistics
- Diameter:aprox. 2,300 km (1,429 miles)
- Length of year: 249 years
- Min. Distance from Sun: 4,425 million km
(2,750 million miles)
- Max. Distance from Sun: 7,375 million km
(4,583 million miles)
- Satellites: ?
