2006-11-16 07:17:36 · 10 answers · asked by dawnie j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
5 light-hours.
2006-11-16 07:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but it's not that easy. Distances are always given from the sun, rather than from earth, because some of the time a given planet (in this case, Pluto, which we are told we should not call a planet) is on the same side of its orbit as we are, and sometimes on the other side. Since we are roughly 93 million miles from the sun, that difference is considerable. Add to this the complication that Pluto has a rather more than normally eccentric orbit, and the distances are very complicated indeed. Pluto's distance from the sum varies from 2,757 million to 4,583 million miles. To calculate how far it is from the earth at a given time, we would need to know the relative positions in their orbits of both Earth and Pluto, and the calculation is way beyond me, anyway.
bu it's a dwarf planet not a
2006-11-16 07:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by vv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is now designated (134340) Pluto in the Minor Planet Center catalogue. Its perihelion (point of closest approach to the sun) is 4,436,824,613 km and aphelion (point of farthest excursion from the sun) is 7,375,927,931 km. To find how far pluto is from the earth, all one has to do is find the perihelion and aphelion for earth and subtract it from the above number. But that would be when earth and pluto are aligned. The distance varies depending upon the positions of the eartn and pluto in their respective orbits which is a pretty difficult task.
2006-11-16 07:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by l_kur 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto is no longer a planet but all the same the distance from earth at the closest point is 2.67 billion miles.
2006-11-16 07:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by dsd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, some people still consider Pluto a planet regardless of the IAU's decision!:)
Anyways, it's about 3.6 billion miles at the farthest from the sun.
2006-11-16 07:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by ixfd64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trick question... There is no planet called Pluto.
2006-11-16 07:20:01 · answer #6 · answered by Duncarin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no planet pluto!
2006-11-16 07:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto was "demoted"---it's not a planet anymore
2006-11-16 07:20:08 · answer #8 · answered by Penguin Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its about 2.8 billion miles away from earth. And it is no longer considered a planet.
2006-11-16 07:26:59 · answer #9 · answered by stoneman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One mile past the first roundabout lol
2006-11-16 07:28:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋