Pluto takes 248 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun, meaning it won't finish its first full orbit since its 1930 discovery until 2178, illustrating how cosmic time scales dwarf human civilization and historical events.
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Pluto was discovered in 1930. One Pluto year is 248 Earth years. That means Pluto will not complete its first full orbit since discovery until the year 2178.
When Pluto was found, the Ottoman Empire had recently collapsed, penicillin had not been invented, and television did not exist. By the time Pluto finishes one trip around the Sun, the world that discovered it will be unrecognizable.
Pluto does not measure time in human lifetimes. It measures it in civilizations.
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