• Question: How far away is earthy from pluto ? ( dwarf planet )

    Asked by 879tntd28 to Ashley, Bernard, Carsten, MariaMagdalena, Monique on 9 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Monique Henson

      Monique Henson answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      The distance between the Earth and Pluto changes as they both orbit around the Sun. At most the distance is around 7.5 billion kilometres.

      The New Horizons probe flew by Pluto earlier this year. It sent back amazing photos of Pluto that you might have seen. If you haven’t, this one showing Pluto’s atmosphere is pretty stunning.

      New Horizons has continued travelling past Pluto. You can see where it is at the moment here.

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