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Distance Between Pluto and the Sun


Question:  How far from the sun is Pluto?

Answer:  The average orbital radius of Pluto is 3660 million miles; however, its 
orbit is more eccentric than the other planets, so much so that it is currently
inside the orbit of Neptune (radius 2793 million miles) and will remain so until 
1999.
Hawley

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