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Pluto is made out of frozen nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide, Pluto’s surface is mostly made out of ice. Pluto’s atmosphere is very thin which is mostly made of nitrogen gas, so when it's nearest to the Sun Pluto it gets thinner, but when it's further away from the sun the atmosphere freezes into ice on the surface. Pluto’s average temperature is -233 o c (-387 o f). To put this weather in perspective if you were able to clap your hands on Pluto you hands would shatter like ice.

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