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Why does Pluto have four moons?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

As of 2012, it was up to 5 moons - S/2012 (134340)1, or P5, was given the name Styx.

Pluto and Charon may have formed due to a large collision between two protoplanets, which also created the other 4 small moons of Pluto, which gradually drifted farther from the planet.

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