2006-10-22 07:47:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Not exactly sure, but density measurements indicate that the entire planet is probably 70% rock (iron oxides, etc.) and 30% ice.
2006-10-22 07:55:43 · answer #1 · answered by The ~Muffin~ Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The inane questions and some of the answers indicate that people in general have got little concept of the physical nature of the Solar System. Most people would have known practically nothing about Pluto, except that it shared its name with a Disney cartoon character. So, why is everybody so upset. It's really a joke. It aint a planet. If it remained a planet, we would have to start calling hundreds, perhaps thousands of other objects planets, as they are discovered in the outer regions of the planetary system. For goodness sake grow up everybody. You're so dammed juvenile.
2016-05-21 22:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto's inner core is made up of iron and rock. Check this site out.
2006-10-22 08:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody knows. But scientists think it's likely that the planet is made of rocky material mixed with water ice and nitrogen ice, based on the composition of other objects that originate in the same area but come in closer, ie comets.
2006-10-22 07:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by dm_cork 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask us in 2015 after New Horizons has a chance to take some measurements.
2006-10-22 07:57:12 · answer #5 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope Mickey never finds out.
2006-10-22 07:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by Denise W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋