Pluto Closer facts
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Because Pluto’s orbit is so elliptical, it is actually closer to the sun than Neptune for 20 years every 248 years
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Pluto's year, which is the time taken to complete one orbit around the Sun, is 248 Earth years. For 20 years of its orbit Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune.
What is closer the sun or pluto?
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what would happen if pluto was closer to the sun?
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The elongated orbit of Pluto causes its atmosphere to freeze as it gets farther from the sun and sublimate as it gets closer again.
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When Pluto moves closer to the Sun the frozen Methane and Nitrogen on its surface creates a thin atmosphere. As the planet moves further away from the Sun, the atmosphere that hasn"t escaped into space is refrozen on the surface.
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Pluto was actually closer to the sun than Neptune for the 20 year period between 1979 and 1999.
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Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun (even though it is not technically considered a planet anymore), but for 20 years, beginning in 1979, it actually moved closer to the sun than Neptune because of its orbit.
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From 1979 to 1999, Pluto was closer to Earth than Neptune. This will happen again around 2245.
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Pluto gets closer to the Sun than Neptune for 8% of its orbit
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Despite crossing the latter's orbit, Pluto actually comes much closer to Uranus than Neptune. Due to resonance and the way it's inclined, Pluto can only get as close as 17 AU away from Neptune, compared to 11 AU to Uranus.
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Despite intersecting orbits, Pluto comes closer to Uranus than to Neptune.
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Pluto was closer to the Sun than Neptune between 7 February 1979, and 11 February 1999 due to its elliptical orbit.
