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28 cze 2011 · Quick Facts. Pluto's moons to scale. The largest, Charon, is displayed along the bottom. 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 early in the history of the solar system.
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Charon, the biggest of Pluto's moons, is about half the size...
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Pluto has five moons. Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is about...
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Charon, the biggest of Pluto's moons, is about half the size of Pluto itself, making it the largest satellite relative to the planet it orbits in our solar system. It orbits Pluto at a distance of just 12,200 miles (19,640 kilometers). For comparison, our Moon is 20 times farther away from Earth.
Five known moons of Pluto to scale. Pluto has five known natural satellites. The largest and closest to Pluto is Charon. First identified in 1978 by astronomer James Christy, Charon is the only moon of Pluto that may be in hydrostatic equilibrium. Charon's mass is sufficient to cause the barycenter of the Pluto–Charon system to be outside Pluto.
Pluto has five moons. Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is about half the size of Pluto, making it the largest known moon relative to its parent planet in our solar system. Pluto's other moons are: Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Learn About Pluto's Moons
25 wrz 2019 · It is named after the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology. It is Pluto’s largest moon with a mean radius of 606 kilometers or 377 miles. It has about half the diameter of Pluto and also one-eight of its mass, being the biggest known moon of a dwarf planet.
Pluto has five known moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx. This moon system might have formed by a collision between Pluto and another similar-sized body early in the history of the solar system.
27 paź 2024 · Compared with the planets, Pluto is also anomalous in its physical characteristics. Pluto has a radius less than half that of Mercury; it is only about two-thirds the size of Earth’s Moon. Next to the outer planets—the giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—it is strikingly tiny.