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A year on Pluto is equivalent to two hundred and forty-eight Earth years.

Why it is true

Due to its enormous distance from the Sun and its elliptical orbit, the dwarf planet moves very slowly, taking over two and a half centuries to complete a single orbit around our star.

Source: Orbital Mechanics

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