Pluto has a moderately eccentric and inclined orbit, ranging from 30 to 49 astronomical units (4.5 to 7.3 billion kilometres; 2.8 to 4.6 billion miles) from the Sun. Light from the Sun takes 5.5 …

Apr 22, 2025 · 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 …

Sep 20, 2025 · For 20 years of 248-year orbit, Pluto is inside Neptune's orbit. The two planets are in a 3:2 orbital resonance, which means that Pluto completes two orbits every time Neptune …

Pluto’s orbital period is long. It takes 248 years and its orbital characteristics are substantially different from every other planet in our Solar System; a year in Pluto is equivalent to 248 Earth …

Jun 23, 2025 · Since Pluto is located so far from the sun, it takes around 248 Earth years for Pluto to orbit the sun. Pluto’s orbit around the sun is not only a very long journey, it’s also elliptical, …

Mar 29, 2017 · Given its extreme distance from the Sun, Pluto has a very long orbital period. As such, a single year on Pluto lasts as long as 248 Earth years, or 90,560 Earth days!

Nov 21, 2025 · Pluto’s mean distance from the Sun, about 5.9 billion km (3.7 billion miles or 39.5 astronomical units), gives it an orbit larger than that of the outermost planet, Neptune.

Pluto and Charon both orbit a common center of mass which lies between them, blurring the distinction between planet and moon. Properly speaking, Pluto and Charon are a double planet.

Visualization of the orbit of Pluto in an interactive 3D Solar System viewer and simulator.

Apr 29, 2025 · Pluto orbits the Sun in 248.54 Earth-years, at a distance from the Sun that averages 39.53 AU but ranges from 29.65 AU to 50.30 AU (where one AU—astronomical …