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Q: What was discovered in 1978 and is half of plutos size?
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Is Plutos moon half its size?

Yes. Charon, Plutos largest moon, is about 1200km in diameter, while Plutos diameter is around 2322km, so Plutos diameter is about twice the size. In terms of volume though, Pluto is around 7.4 times as big.


What is Plutos size?

Pluto's diameter is 2,274 km :)


What can plutos size be compared with?

Pluto has about the same amount of land as Russia.


How big is charon plutos moon?

Pluto has three known moons as of 2009. Charon is relatively large at 1,206 km in diameter (about half the diameter of Pluto), and was discovered in 1978 by Jim Christy. The other two, Hydra and Nix, were discovered in 2005 by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope. Hydra and Nix are estimated to be about 50 to 150 km in diameter, with Nix probably the smaller of the two.


How many plutos can fit in mars?

About 176 Pluto's could fit inside the Earth. Since Mars is about half the size of Earth, about 88 Pluto's could fit inside Mars.


What planet has a moon more than half its size?

Plutos largest moon, Charon, is relatively large by comparison with Pluto at 1,206 km diameter. Pluto's equatorial diameter is 2,274 km.Read more: Which_planet_has_a_moon_that_is_more_than_half_its_size


Is the half always the same size?

No. Half a centimetre is not the same size as half a kilometre.


What is the piccolo half the size of?

It is half the size of a regular Trumpet.


How many earths fit in Pluto?

i think the answer is about 0.19 of 'em can.


How do you do half and half of two pictures?

From Image > Image Size you can resize picture size to its half.


What is the piccolo trumpet half the size of?

It is half the size of a regular trumpet.


How did Columbus know the islands he discovered was not Asia?

He miscalculated the size of the earth by more than half.