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The distance between Earth and Pluto varies considerably

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The distance between Earth and Pluto varies considerably. At its closest Pluto is never closer than 2.60 billions miles. On the other hand both can be as far as 4.70 billion from each other.

This variation is due to the elliptical orbits of around . When both are on opposite sides of Sun, their distance is maximum. Pluto revolves around Sun at an average distance of 3.67 billion miles. It may be noted that Pluto's one year equals to 248 Earth years.