Pluto Facts - Science@NASA
WEBIt isn't known whether Pluto has a magnetic field, but its small size and slow rotation suggest little or none.
Pluto - Wikipedia
WEBPluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.
X-ray Detection Sheds New Light on Pluto - NASA
WEBSep 14, 2016 · Scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made the first detections of X-rays from Pluto. These observations offer new insight into the space environment surrounding the largest and best-known object …
Pluto: Everything you need to know about the dwarf planet - Space.com
WEBJul 28, 2022 · Magnetic field: It remains unknown whether Pluto has a magnetic field, but the dwarf planet's small size and slow rotation suggest it has little to no such field.
X-Rays from Pluto - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBSep 14, 2016 · Detecting X-rays from Pluto is a somewhat surprising result given that Pluto - a cold, rocky world without a magnetic field - has no natural mechanism for emitting X-rays.
In Depth | Pluto – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBPluto becomes much colder during the part of each year when it is traveling far away from the Sun. During this time, the bulk of the planet's atmosphere may freeze and fall as snow to the surface. Magnetosphere. Magnetosphere. It isn't known whether Pluto has a magnetic field, but its small size and slow rotation suggest little or none ...
Composite Image of Pluto from Chandra and New Horizons - NASA
WEBSep 14, 2016 · Detecting X-rays from Pluto is a somewhat surprising result given that Pluto – a cold, rocky world without a magnetic field – has no natural mechanism for emitting X-rays.
Pluto caps one scientist's 50-year exploration of the solar system
WEBJul 8, 2015 · It found no protons, only short-lived belts of electrons that the nearby sun's powerful magnetic field disrupts almost as soon as they form. Now, finally, comes Pluto's visit by New Horizons, a mission that Krimigis helped usher into existence while space department head at APL.
Pluto’s interaction with its space environment: Solar wind
WEBMar 18, 2016 · In the absence of a direct measurement of the local magnetic field, we assume an interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) of 0.3 nT, at the upper end of the range observed by Voyager (as discussed further below).
X-ray Detection Sheds New Light on Pluto | Center for …
WEBSep 14, 2016 · Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have made the first detections of X-rays from Pluto. These observations offer new insight into the space environment surrounding the largest and best-known object …
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