• Question: is pluto the coldest planet ever

    Asked by anon-245781 to Sam, Samantha, Nicol, Lori-Ann, Liam, David on 10 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Lori-Ann Foley

      Lori-Ann Foley answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      The planets furthest away from the sun are all very cold, so Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, with Pluto the furthest away and so the coldest. And other bodies, like comets and dwarf planets which live out beyond Neptune and Pluto are very very cold because they are so far away from the sun and don’t have anything else to keep them warm.

    • Photo: Samantha Faircloth

      Samantha Faircloth answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      Hello Hugo, Pluto is certainly the coldest planet (dwarf planet) in our Solar System. That’s because it is the furthest from the Sun so heat takes a very long time to reach it! There might be colder planets in our Milky Way galaxy and scientists are busy looking for them! 🙂

    • Photo: David Sobral

      David Sobral answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      Pluto is not a planet, but it is incredibly cool (cold)!

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