(NOFS). With half the diameter and one-eighth the mass of Pluto, Charon is a very large moon in comparison to its parent body. Its gravitational influence...
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sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet. The innermost and largest moon, Charon, was discovered by James Christy on 22 June 1978, nearly half a century...
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In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries...
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underworld. Charon may also refer to: Caronte (album) (Charon), a 1971 album by Italian band The Trip Charon (band), a Finnish gothic metal band Charon (CrossGen)...
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Plutonian moons. Hydra's reflectivity is intermediate, in between those of Pluto and Charon. The New Horizons spacecraft imaged Pluto and its moons in July...
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Pluto (redirect from Pluto-Charon system)
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...
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James W. Christy (redirect from Discoverer of Charon)
September 15, 1938) is an American astronomer known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. Christy was born in 1938 in Milwaukee...
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The geology of Charon encompasses the characteristics of the surface, crust, and interior of Pluto's moon Charon. Like the geology of Pluto, almost nothing...
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Pluto and its moon Charon might be accompanied with other moons, hence they used the Hubble Space Telescope to search for faint moons around Pluto in...
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Natural satellite (redirect from Moon satellite)
Earth–Moon system, 1 to 4220), the Jupiter–Ganymede system at 0.038, and the Uranus–Titania system at 0.031. For the category of dwarf planets, Charon has...
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