SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Pluto’s orbit around the Sun is unusual compared to the planets: it’s both elliptical and tilted. Pluto’s 248-year-long, oval-shaped orbit can take it as far as 49.3 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, and as close as 30 AU.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reason for this was that at the point of orbit closest to the Sun, Pluto is closer to it than Neptune. This point is much “lower” than the plane of the ecliptic. In fact, at the moment of maximum convergence, the ice dwarf “dives” under the trajectory of the eighth planet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Orbit and Rotation Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit, with a tilt of 97.77 degrees – possibly the result of a collision with an Earth-sized object long ago. This unique tilt causes the most extreme seasons in the solar system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pluto is a dwarf planet that lies in the Kuiper Belt, an area full of icy bodies and other dwarf planets out past Neptune. Pluto is very small, only about half the width of the United States and its biggest moon Charon is about half the size of Pluto.