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Pluto
BENGTSKÄR LIGHTHOUSE
10 km
During many years, Pluto was considered the smallest and outermost planet in the Solar System. Today Pluto is considered a dwarf planet.
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh as late as 1930. Thus, when the Bengtskär lighthouse was built in 1906, no one had any idea that Pluto existed.
It was not until 2015 that we received clear images of Pluto’s surface. It turned out that Pluto had a large heart of ice.
IN REAL LIFE
IN THE MODEL
DIAMETER
2,377 km
1.75 cm
DISTANCE TO SUN
4,436,820,000–
7,375,930,000 km
50.9 km
LENGTH OF YEAR
248 Earth years
LENGTH OF DAY
6.4 Earth days
DISCOVERY
Clyde Tombaugh 1930
NAMED AFTER
Roman god of the underworld, Pluto
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