Pluto
Pluto is the ninth panet from the sun, although is does spend some of it's orbit closer to the sun than Neptune. Pluto is usually farther from the Sun than any of the nine planets; however, due to the eccentricity of its orbit, it is closer than Neptune for 20 years out of its 249 year orbit. Pluto crossed Neptune's orbit January 21, 1979, made its closest approach September 5, 1989, and remained within the orbit of Neptune until February 11, 1999. This will not occur again until September 2226.
19th, 20th & 22nd August 2005 From my location in
Manchester UK, the planet Pluto does not get very high. It is in
the south during the evening in the summer months when the sky is
bright. During July the sky never goes totally dark.
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