Moons of Pluto - Science@NASA
网页Pluto has five moons. Its 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: Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx.
Pluto Moons: Facts - NASA Science
网页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. The smashup flung material that coalesced into the family of satellites observed around Pluto.
Pluto Moons - NASA
网页Pluto Moons - NASA. News & Articles. See All News. Article. 4 Min Read. 45 Years Ago: Astronomers Discover Pluto’s Moon Charon. Article. 5 Min Read. Using “Charon-light,” Researchers Image Pluto’s Dark Side in Faint Moonlight. Article. 13 Min Read. Five Years after New Horizons’ Historic Flyby, Here Are 10 Cool Things We Learned About… Article.
Pluto - NASA Science
网页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
Moons of Pluto - Wikipedia
网页Pluto's moons are listed here by orbital period, from shortest to longest. Charon, which is massive enough to have collapsed into a spheroid under its own gravitation, is highlighted in light purple. As the system barycenter lies far above Pluto's surface, Pluto's barycentric orbital elements have been included as well.
NASA’s Hubble Finds Pluto’s Moons Tumbling in Absolute Chaos
网页2015年6月3日 · Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows that two of Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably. “Hubble has provided a new view of Pluto and its moons revealing a cosmic dance with a chaotic rhythm,” said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
Five Years after New Horizons’ Historic Flyby, Here Are 10 ... - NASA
网页2020年7月14日 · The encounter—which also included a detailed look at the largest of Pluto’s five moons, Charon—capped the initial reconnaissance of the planets started by NASA’s Mariner 2 more than 50 years before, and revealed an icy world replete in magnificent landscapes and geology—towering mountains, giant ice …
In Depth | Pluto – NASA Solar System Exploration
网页Pluto is orbited by five known moons, the largest of which is Charon. Charon is about half the size of Pluto itself, making it the largest satellite relative to the planet it orbits in our solar system.
All About Pluto | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
网页New Horizons flew by Pluto and its moons on July 14, 2015 and continues to study other objects in the Kuiper Belt to this day. This beautiful photo of Pluto was taken by NASA's …
Pluto By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
网页Pluto was once our solar system's ninth planet, but has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. ... Moons. About Moons; BY DESTINATION Earth (1) Mars (2) Jupiter (95) Saturn (83) …