Pluto in 3D — live position and orbit

Demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, it hosts a heart-shaped nitrogen glacier photographed by New Horizons in 2015. Its moon Charon is so large that the two form a double system.

Pluto is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Pluto; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Radius

1 188 km

Mass

1.30 × 10²² kg

Surface gravity

0.62 m/s²

Mean temperature

-229 °C

Distance from the Sun

39.482 AU

Orbital period

90 614 days

Axial tilt

2.1°

Known moons

5