Pluto
Dwarf planet
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume, by a small... Wikipedia
Apparent magnitude (V): 15.1
Discovered: February 18, 1930
Discoverer: Clyde Tombaugh
Discovery site: Lowell Observatory
Shape: Sphere
Coordinates: RA 20h 9m 12s | Dec -23° 29′ 11″
Density: 1.88 g/cm³
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Moons of Pluto · Top: Pluto's largest moon, Charon, with its dark Mordor Macula · Middle: Hydra (left) and Nix (right) · Bottom: Kerberos (left) and Styx (right).
Pluto's moon system – Charon, Nix, Hydra , Styx, and Kerberos – is believed to have formed after a collision between Pluto, and another Kuiper Belt Object.
Aug 31, 2024 · Pluto possesses five known moons. Charon, by far the largest, is fully half the size of Pluto. It revolves around Pluto—more accurately, the two bodies revolve ...
Feb 23, 2016 · Five moons orbit the dwarf planet Pluto: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx.
Pluto has five known moons: Charon, the largest, whose diameter is just over half that of Pluto; Styx; Nix; Kerberos; and Hydra. Pluto and Charon are sometimes ...
Pluto has five known moons. The largest, Charon, is half the size of Pluto. Charon's period of revolution is exactly equal to the rotation period of Pluto ...
Pluto was named after the Roman god of death. According to Roman myth, when someone died, they traveled down to the Underworld.
Feb 5, 2016 · We talk a lot about Charon, Pluto's largest moon that's about half the size of its host planet ...
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Jul 19, 2017 · While all the other known dwarf planets have only one or two known moon, all of them small, Pluto boasts five: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and ...