Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System

Which planet is furthest from the sun? It’s a question whose answer has just changed. For the last 20 years, the answer was Neptune, giving scientists the opportunity to study the closer Pluto. As of February 1999, Pluto has again looped out beyond Neptune’s orbit, and will remain there until 2,232.–ABCNews.com For the first time in nearly two decades, here is the story of this distant planet of the solar system and its moon Despite our growing understanding of Pluto and its moon Charon, ther
