Pluto has not completed a single orbit since its 1930 discovery. With a 248-year journey around the Sun, the dwarf planet will finish its first full circuit in 2178.
Pluto will complete its first orbit since 1930 in 2178, a historic 248-year space journey that spans generations of humans.
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