2006-08-29 10:21:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Hard to say because Pluto's orbit is so elongated. For about 30 years of its 248 year period, it is actually closer to the Sun than Neptune.
The average distance from the Sun to Pluto is 39.5 astronomical units or AU, an AU being about 93,000,000 miles, or the distance from the Earth to the Sun. If we parked Pluto at that distance, the distance to the Earth would still range from 38.5 to 40.5 AU, as the Earth moves around the Sun.
Pluto was closer than Neptune until about 1999, so it's probably less than 33 AU from the Sun now. But I don't know whether it's on the same or opposite side of the Sun. Since it's not visible with the naked eye, and boring in a telescope, it's not something I pay attention to.
2006-08-29 10:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's use the distance from the sun as a point of reference, keeping in mind that as planets orbit the sun, they are at different distances from it each day.
Earth's average distance from the sun is just under 93 million miles (92,955,820). Astronomers call this distance 1 Astronomical Unit.
Pluto's average distance from the sun is almost 3.7 trillion miles (3,670,050,000). Compared to the Earth, Pluto is 39 times further away from the sun (39.482 Astronomical Units).
Using these figures, we can estimate the average distance between Earth and Pluto to be 3.58 trilion miles (3,577,094,180 to be more precise).
2006-08-29 17:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Yahoo-Librarian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really depend on the season of the year and how far Pluto is from the sun. Both things are changing all the time.
2006-08-29 17:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Size: Less than one-fifth the size of Earth in diameter
Diameter: 1,423 miles? (2,290 km?)
Surface: A giant snowball of methane and water mixed with rock
Atmosphere: Methane
Temperature: between –369° and –387°F (–223° and –233°C)
Rotation of its axis: 6 days, 9 hours, 18 minutes
Rotation around the Sun: 248 Earth years
Distance from Earth: At the closest point, 2.67 billion miles
Mean Distance from Sun: 3,666 million miles (5,900 million km)
2006-08-29 17:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by redcar_racer 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
39 AU
distance form earth to sun is 1 AU for comparison
2006-08-29 17:30:43 · answer #5 · answered by Man 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
depends on what time of the year it is on both earth and pluto
29.6 - 49.3 AU give or take 1 AU
2006-08-29 17:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by kvuo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is about a few inches past uranus...
2006-08-29 19:46:05 · answer #7 · answered by ♫ sf_ca ღ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no one can actually tell u, our planets are constantly moving so no matter how far someone tells u it is away they are already wrong
2006-08-29 17:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2006-08-29 17:27:11 · answer #9 · answered by suzanna_banana 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋