Pluto is not a moon of anything; it is a dwarf planet. Scientists used to think that Pluto may have once been a moon of Neptune, but later studies showed that it could not be so due to the nature of Pluto's orbit.
It takes Pluto's moon 6.39 days to circle Pluto.
Pluto's largest moon Charon is about half Pluto's diameter.
Day time on the Moon is hotter than Pluto. Night time on the moon is about as cold as Pluto, sometimes colder.
Sharon is a moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. It is one of five known moons orbiting Pluto.
Pluto has 3 moons, and all of them are smaller than Pluto. The largest moon, Charon, is about half the diameter of Pluto.
No. If Charon, Pluto's largest moon, were bigger, then Pluto would be the moon. Charon is abould half the diameter of Pluto.
The moon is about 2,160 miles across. Pluto is about 1,475 miles across, so Pluto is about 68% the diameter of our moon.
False. Scientists once believed Pluto to be a former moon of Neptune.
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Pluto's major moon is Charon. Its minor moons are Nix and Hydra.
No. Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is not the largest moon in the solar system. It is, however, the largest moon in proportion to its parent body.
Pluto has five moons. Its largest and closest moon, Charon, orbits about 18,000 kilometers above the surface of Pluto.