An American named Jim Christy discovered Pluto's moon in 1978. He called it Charon witch was his wife's name.
Scientists have discovered two moons.
No. Recently one or two moons were discovered orbiting around Pluto. They are small and are very, very hard to detect.
PlutoÕs five moons are called Charon which was discovered in 1978, Nix which was discovered in 2005, Kerberos which was discovered in 2011 and Styx which was discovered in 2012
These are two additional moons of Pluto, that were recently discovered in orbit around the Dwarf Planet.
Nix & Hydra were the 2 smaller moons that were discovered on June 21, 2006.
Pluto's three moons names are Charon, Nix, and Hydra.
Pluto has 3 moons.
There is no such planet. Charon is the name of one of the moons of Pluto. Pluto has four other moons in addition to Charon, but they were not discovered until much later. Additionally, as of 2006 Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
Charon, Nix and Hydra are the 3 moons of Pluto. Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet, but is classified as a dwarf planet.
yes there are moons for Pluto there are moons for every planet that we know of
Yes, the dwarf planet Pluto has five moons down to a detection limit of about 1 km in diameter. In order of distance from Pluto, they are:CharonStyxNixKerberosHydraCharon, the largest of the five moons, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto-Charon is sometimes considered a double dwarf planet.
pluto has 4 known moons