How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?

This poor dwarf planet has been recently eliminated from the list of the "adult" planets of the Solar System. Besides being a minor planet, Pluto is also very distant from the Sun.

It takes 248 years for Pluto to orbit our star! This orbital period is the longest among all the other planets of the Solar System. Moreover, the surface of the dwarf planet is covered with stones and ice and the average temperature varies from -387 to -369 F.

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35 Comments

Danny Burns

The correct answer is 1! 1 Plutonian year :-)

Danny Burns

Diallo Fon I agree with the second part of what you are saying but the burden of proof is on the believers who assert the existence of a deity.

Raymond Davis

Jan Sydnam whatever whackjob

Chris Brown

I am an amateur astronomer and my maternal grandfather, who died 20 years before I was born, was a pioneer astronomer here in NZ.

Bob Gorby

Pluto was a planet when I was in 6th grade. It’s Still a planet, despite a rigged, rushed vote by 4% of astronomers, made without consulting Other disciplines (like geologists) at all.

John W Shreve

Danny Burns, You'll never understand. I Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Louise C.

Jerry Maples, Not all of us google or goggle as you have said, but I do not want the pressure of having to answer so quickly .

Char

Denis Wittman, then I hit majority to back me up lol

Char

Danny Burns, my thoughts exactly we have a Creator if us all but to say it's a specific one? I say they are all the same as they created the universe..

skrueger

Pluto has not quite traveled one third of one revolution around the sun since it was discovered in 1930.

Jas Newman

Jerry Maples, They are cheating only themselves. I would not enjoy the stress of racing a clock.

Jas Newman

Danny Burns, Only if they care what you think.

Wyla Reedy

Jerry Maples, If I need a break, I take it after answering a question.

John W Shreve

Thorin Oakenshield, Gimli, and friends resent Pluto's current designation.

Wendy Petty

a good thought but i answer these on my phone. There are distractions that would prevent at times correct answers. Plus it can take that long for the screen to stop bouncing around with those pesky adds loading and changing etc.