dwarf planet · the Solar System
Pluto
The best-known dwarf planet, with the heart-shaped nitrogen-ice plain Sputnik Planitia and a thin blue haze.
- Type
- Dwarf planet
- Orbits
- the Sun
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 2,377 km
About Pluto
- NASA's New Horizons flew past Pluto in July 2015.
- It was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
- Its moon Charon is so large that the two orbit a point in space between them.
Visit Pluto in VR
In IKAREE, Pluto is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Pluto. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Pluto, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Pluto.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
