This view of Pluto, , beyond the curving horizon of Charon, the major moon of this planet, other smaller bodies also attend here.  This moon is practically half Pluto's size, so they could be called a double planet. This small world may have been pulled in  from the Kuiper belt by Neptune's gravity and flung into an eccentric path ; which takes it inside that planets orbit.  Pluto  & Charon are tidally locked.   They both circle the Sun in 248 years. From a passing space craft the planet probably resembles Triton somewhat  in appearance. The surface is coated  with frozen Methane & Nitrogen, with traces of Carbon Monoxide. When this world crosses inside Neptune's orbit, these ices vaporize to form a tenuous atmosphere.

PAINTING DIMENSIONS : 37 x 46 cm,14.47 x 17.17 ins
acrylic on paper  (unframed)

PRICE - $ 280 AUD