The name of Pluto's newest moon is S/2012 (134340) 1. It was announced on July 11, 2012 that a team of astronomers, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, discovered the new moon. The astronomers discovered the moon by using nine sets of images taken by the Wide Field Camera 3 fitted to the Hubble Telescope between June 26, 2012 and July 9, 2012. The moon is estimated to be an irregular shape and 6 to 15 miles across.
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Charon is its biggest moon, it also has two smaller ones, Nix and Hydra
The innermost moon is Charon, Hydra, Nix
Pluto has five known moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx.
Pluto has three moons.
1) Charon
2) Nix
3) Hydra
about 12000 mi from Pluto
Pluto's most interesting moon is known as Charon. The moon is so big which makes Pluto to be referred as a dwarf planet.
Pluto's diameter is 2,274 km :)
Pluto actually has 3 moons named Charon, Nix, and Hydra. Nix and Hydra were found on June 14, 2006. Charon was found on June 22, 1978.
Pluto fourth moon is called Styx. It was discovered in 2012. The telescope used to discover Styx was also used to discover the moon Kerberos in 2011. The two moon are about 15 to 20 miles in diameter.
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.
No it is Charon
Charon
Pluto has 3 known moons (as of 2011) Pluto's largest moon is Charon. The smaller moons are Nix and Hydra.
about 12000 mi from Pluto
Pluto's moon Charon
Pluto only has one moon and i don't think it is even a moon its a dwarf planet along with Pluto
Pluto's most interesting moon is known as Charon. The moon is so big which makes Pluto to be referred as a dwarf planet.
Pluto's diameter is 2,274 km :)
god of the underworld
Pluto actually has 3 moons named Charon, Nix, and Hydra. Nix and Hydra were found on June 14, 2006. Charon was found on June 22, 1978.
Sedna is a dwarf planet. It is to far away to be one of plutos moons and is proved to orbit the sun