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Page 1: Destination pluto

Researched by Jeffery, Devon and Andrew H.

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Location• Pluto is 2,288

miles away from Earth.

• Pluto is located in space.

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

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Composition

• Pluto is made out of ice.

• Pluto is also made

out of rock.• It is also made out

of craters.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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Bibliography• Adamson, Thomas K. Pluto A Dwarf

Planet . 2008.

• Coleen, Sexton A. Pluto .1968.