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 …

2 days ago · Pluto's orbit takes 248 Earth years, meaning it won't complete its first year since its discovery until Monday, March 23, 2178.

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, …

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 …

Jan 1, 2026 · 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.

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

2 days ago · After a 9.5-year journey spanning 3 billion miles, New Horizons made its historic flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, capturing detailed images of the dwarf planet's heart-shaped …

Mar 27, 2025 · Pluto orbits the Sun in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune’s orbit. Pluto’s distance from the Sun is 39.5 astronomical units (AU), 5.91 billion kilometers or 3.67 billion …

Pluto orbits the sun every 90,500 days (247.78 years), coming as close as 29.58 AU and reaching as far as 49.32 AU from the sun.