Pluto has an upside-down atmosphere

The former 9th planet of the solar system possesses a completely opposite atmosphere to the Earth, meaning that the higher the temperature, the higher the air temperature.

Red organic compounds cover the frozen surface of Pluto.The celestial body close to the horizon and not glowing is Charon, Pluto's largest satellite.Photo: cosmographica.com.

International astronomers have released detailed parameters on the distribution of methane (the greenhouse effect on the globe) in Pluto's atmosphere in a telescope report at the Station. Observe European Southern.

According to this report, methane is the second most common gas on Pluto. The higher the latitude, the higher the temperature of the methane. Therefore, the top layer of the atmosphere has a temperature of about 50 degrees Celsius above the asteroid surface.

Many experts predict that methane and many other gases have frozen and formed a layer on the surface of Pluto. As the asteroid approaches the Sun, the freezing gas evaporates. That process - called sublimation - causes the temperature of the Pluto's surface to decrease, while increasing the temperature of the atmosphere.

Pluto was once considered the 9th planet of the solar system. But on September 7, 2006, the Minor Planet Center - the agency responsible for collecting data on asteroids and comets in the solar system - decided to give it the asteroid number 134340. This move It took place after the International Astronomical Association put Pluto on a group of smaller bodies than the planet in the solar system.

According to astronomers, a celestial body is considered a planet if it orbits around the sun, large enough to have a nearly circular shape, with its own orbit compared to other celestial bodies. Pluto's elliptical orbits cut through the orbit of Neptune, so it is not considered a planet.