destination pluto

Researched by Jeffery, Devon and Andrew H.

Location• Pluto is 2,288

miles away from Earth.

• Pluto is located in space.

• Pluto is too far away from Earth to see it.

Composition

• Pluto is made out of ice.

• Pluto is also made

out of rock.• It is also made out

of craters.

Unique Facts

• Pluto was discovered in the 1930’s.

• The moons of Pluto are: Nix, Hydra, and Char.

• The Sun is a bright star to Pluto.

Previous Missions

• A space craft will arrive in 2015.

• The space craft’s name is New Horizons.

• Even the strongest telescope is too far from Pluto for the scientists to see anything on Pluto.

Conclusion

• On our mission, we have discovered you can’t live on Pluto because the temperature is-232 Celsius .

• There’s only a thin layer of air and Pluto’s gravity is weak.

Robot Exploration• Post Pluto Platoon• Our robot will collect dust

samples on Pluto.• Scientists can find out more

about Pluto with our robot. • It can take pictures with its eye

and its arms can rotate up and down.

• It has 4 wheels so it can move around.

• The eyes have 5 tiny rockets. • This will help our robots get back

to Earth.• The head can rotate 360 degrees,

and the head actually sucks the dust samples up,

Bibliography• Adamson, Thomas K. Pluto A Dwarf

Planet . 2008.

• Coleen, Sexton A. Pluto .1968.