Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune's orbit. It has a diameter less than one-fifth of Earth and a surface composed of ice such as methane and nitrogen. Pluto has 5 known moons - Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx. In 2015, the New Horizons probe conducted the first flyby of Pluto and provided more details of its geology, moons, and atmosphere.

2. PLUTO
PREPAREDBY:
Ric Angelo Dagdagan
BEEd 3A

3. DWARF PLANET
• Pluto is called a dwarf planet
• A dwarf planet is round and orbits
the sun just like the eight major
planets.
• a dwarf planet does not have
enough gravity to attract all of the
space dust and tiny objects in its
path.
• A dwarf planet also is much smaller
than a planet, but it is not a moon.

4. PLUTO FACTS
• Pluto is the only dwarf planet to once
have been considered a major planet
• Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in
2006
• American astronomer Percival Lowell first
caught hints of Pluto's existence in 1905
• Its discovery came in 1930 from Clyde
Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory

5. • Before it was officially called as
Pluto, it was named as “Planet X”
• Pluto is also called “plutoid”
which means a dwarf planet
farther out the in space than the
planet Neptune.

6. How it was named?
• Pluto was named
after the Roman
god of the
underworld
• Which Roman god
to name it after
was decided by
Venita Burney, an
11 year old
schoolgirl.

7. PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• Pluto has an estimated diameter less
than one-fifth that of Earth or only
about two-thirds as wide as Earth's
moon
• The planets’ surface conditions
probably consist of a rocky core
surrounded by a mantle of water ice,
with more exotic ices such as methane
and nitrogen frost coating its surface

8. PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric, or far from
circular, which means its distance from the
sun can vary considerably and at times,
Pluto’s orbit will take it within the orbit of
the planet Neptune.

11. PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• Pluto's orbit is highly eccentric, or far
from circular
• Pluto's low gravity, which is a little
more than one-twentieth that of
Earth's, causes this atmosphere to
extend much higher in altitude than
Earth's.
• Pluto's surface is one of the coldest
places in the solar system at roughly
minus 375 degrees F (minus 225
degrees C).

12. PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• When compared with past images, the
Hubble pictures revealed that Pluto
had apparently grown redder over time,
apparently due to seasonal changes.

14. ORBIT AND ROTATION
• Pluto's highly elliptical orbit can take it
more than 49 times as far out from the
sun as Earth

16. ATMOSPHERE
• During Pluto’s elliptical when Pluto is
closer to the Sun its surface ice thaws
and forms a thin atmosphere primarily
of nitrogen with a little methane and
carbon monoxide.
• The dominating gas in Pluto's atmosphere
is nitrogen. Carbon monoxide and methane
are also present.
• Its atmosphere resembles Neptune's moon,
Triton, which boasts clouds and winds.

17. SURFACE OF PLUTO
• Pluto's composition bears a greater
resemblance to the rocky terrestrial
planets than the gas giants that are its
neighbours
• dominated by ices, with some rock
mixed in
• 70 percent rock and 30 percent water
ice.

18. INSIDE OF PLUTO
• Pluto likely boasts a rocky core.
Surrounded by a mantle of water ice.
• They determined that Pluto's interior
has most likely separated out, with
rock falling to the center while the
lighter ices remained at the exterior.
• Pluto lies in the distant Kuiper Belt,
with similar rock-and-ice bodies
• Pluto contains potassium under its
surface.

20. PLUTO’S MOONS
•CHARON
•KERBEROS
•NYX
•STYX
•HYDRA

21. CHARON
• Pluto had a very large moon nearly half
its size - Charon.
• The huge size of Charon sometimes
leads scientists to refer to Pluto and
Charon as a double dwarf planet or
binary system.
• Pluto and Charon are just 12,200 miles
(19,640 km) apart.

22. • It is widely believed that Pluto and
Charon are a double dwarf planet
because they’re so similar in size
(almost a 1:2 size ratio!)
• the theory suggests Pluto and
Charon share a common center of
gravity
Double Planet Theory

23. NIX AND HYDRA
• 2005 using Hubble Space Telescope
discovered two other tiny moons of
Pluto, now dubbed Nix and Hydra
• These are two to three times farther
away from Pluto than Charon, and they
are thought to be just 31 to 62 miles
(50 to 100 km) wide.

24. KERBEROS AND STYX
• Hubble discovered a fourth moon,
Kerberos, in 2011
• estimated to be 8 to 21 miles (13 to 34
km) in diameter
• On July 11, 2012, a fifth moon Styx,

25. Research & exploration
• NASA's New Horizons mission will be
the first probe to study Pluto, its
moons, and other worlds within the
Kuiper Belt.
• It was launched on January 2006,
making its closest approach to Pluto
on July 2015, and carries some of
the ashes of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde
Tombaugh

26. “PLUTO SONG”Tune” It’s All About that Bass”
BY:
Ric Angelo M. Dagdagan

27. Because we know it’s all
about Pluto
Maliit... na Planet
It’s all about Pluto
Na dating... 9th Planet
It’s all about Pluto
Na ngayon dwarf planet
It’s all about Pluto... totoo...
it’s Pluto!

28. Yeah it’s pretty clear, it’s
ain’t no Earth size
Hindi dahil malayo
Pero normal na yan
Yeah got that boom moons
rotate around it.
All the right junk and all the
right places

29. It’s not Jovian Planet because
it’s not
that big
It lies on Kuiper Belt, it’s so
far far away
Kung may alam ka dito, just
raise it up
Every inch of its detail ay ‘di
pa ganun ka
clear.

30. Yah may mama she told me
yung inside ay rocky core...
And ang surface ay dominated
nga daw ng yelo...
We know wala din ring ang
Pluto na ibang term – plutoid...
And if that’s what we into
then go head and move

31. QUIZ

32. 1. It is an another term for a dwarf planet
that is farther out in space than the
planet Neptune like Pluto .
2. He was hired at the Lowell Observatory
in Arizona to search for the mysterious
object or planet, he is the discoverer of
this Pluto .
3. When was the Pluto reclassified as a
dwarf planet ? (What YEAR?) .
4. What is the name of the theory that
suggests Pluto and Charon share a
common center of gravity? .

33. 5. The next Planet after Neptune is Pluto
and before it was officially discovered
and under the study of astronomers it
was named as the .
6. It is the first probe to study Pluto and
its moons, and expected to approach
the planet this year 2015 .
7. A type of planet that does not have
enough gravity to attract all of the space
dust and tiny objects in its path .
8-10 Give at least 3 moons of the planet
Pluto.

34. ANSWER