Orbit of Pluto and Charon, illustration. The Sun is at centre, with orbits around it shown in red. The plane of the ecliptic is shown in grey. The out

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Orbit of Pluto and Charon, illustration. The Sun is at centre, with orbits around it shown in red. The plane of the ecliptic is shown in grey. The outermost planet Neptune (blue) is at lower right. Compared to the planets, Pluto and its moon Charon (upper left) orbit at a 17-degree tilt. This is one of the reasons Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet, rather than a true planet.

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Size: 5671px × 3082px
Photo credit: © TIM BROWN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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