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How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.

Home sweet home If you were to look at a giant picture of space, zoom in on the Milky Way galaxy, and then zoom in again on one of its outer spiral arms, you’d find the solar system. Astronomers ...

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