What can you tell me about the planet Pluto? Where can I find pictures and information?

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Maria wrote:

> Hi!
> My name is Maria and i would like to now a litle moore about Pluto.
> I am going to do a school prject about that planet. Can you help me
> whit GOOD pictures and some facts about Pluto ?

Hi Maria!

Unfortunately, there is not a lot of information on Pluto, mostly because
it has not been explored by space probes yet. For the same reason, there
are very few good pictures of Pluto. However, you can find some pictures
online at: http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/pxpluto.html
This includes images of Pluto taken by the Hubble Space Telescope; these
are the best images we have so far.

As for facts on Pluto, I again point you to another website (run by the
same people as above):
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/pluto.html
This site is where I would get all of my information, anyway. Pluto is
normally the most distant planet in the Solar System, but since 1979 it
has actually been inside the orbit of Neptune. Pluto again will become
the most distant planet in February.

Thanks for writing!

Sincerely,

Kurtis Williams

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