Pluto
Tiny distant Pluto, only a faint but moving object in Clyde Tombaugh's photographic plates, remains today perhaps the most mysterious of the nine planets in our solar system. The only planet not yet visited by spacecraft, our knowledge of this world is limited to data obtained from Earth-based telescopes and now the Hubble Space Telescope. While Pluto may be smallest planet in the solar system, it is certainly one of the most interesting and intriguing worlds.
General Information
- The Nine Planets: Pluto
- Information and images about Pluto from Bill Arnett's The Nine Planets Web site.
- Views of the Solar System: Pluto
- An additional resource for images and information about Pluto, from the Views of the Solar System Web site.
- Pluto Home Page
- Detailed information and a chronology of the discovery and studies of Pluto, from the University of Colorado.
- The Planetary Society: Pluto
- A brief introduction to Pluto on the Planetary Society's Web site.
- Welcome to the Planets: Pluto
- A brief introduction to Pluto as part of JPL's "Welcome to the Planets" Web site.
- Cambridge University Leaflet about Pluto
- Some background about Pluto from the Astronomy Department at Cambridge University.
- A Pluto Tour
- A tour of Pluto designed by Eliot Young at NASA Ames and a group of students at a local school.
- A Brief Tour of the Universe: Pluto
- A quick stop at Pluto as part of a larger exploration of the universe.
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