What are some facts about the moons of Pluto?

Answer 1

Here are some facts about Pluto:

• In 2006, got reclassified from a "planet" to a "dwarf planet".
• Pluto gets closer to the Sun than Neptune about 10% of its orbit.
• The temperature is around -230°C (-382°F).
• Pluto is smaller than the Earth's Moon.
• New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and sent back very good images of the surface.
• Pluto is 3,670 million miles away from the Sun.
• It takes 248 Earth years for Pluto to orbit around the Sun.
• One day on Pluto is about 6 and a half earth days.
• Pluto has 5 moons: Charon, Hydra and Nix Kerberos and Styx.
• Pluto and Charon spin on an axis of about 123 degrees.
• Pluto has a large rock core, an icy mantle and an icy surface.
• Pluto and Charon orbit together so both of them only see one side of each other.
• Because of Pluto's weird orbit, it is sometimes closer to the earth than Neptune.

Answer 2

Pluto's entire moon system is believed to have formed by a collision between the dwarf planet and another planet-sized body early in the history of the solar system. The smashup flung material that coalesced into the family of satellites observed around Pluto.

The known moons of Pluto are:

1. Charon: Discovered in 1978, this small moon is almost half the size of Pluto. It is so big Pluto and Charon are sometimes referred to as a double planet system.
   
2. Nix: Found in 2005 by a Hubble Space Telescope team studying the Pluto system.
3. Hydra: Also Found in 2005 by a Hubble Space Telescope team studying the Pluto system.
   
4. Kerberos: Discovered in 2011, this tiny moon is located between the orbits of Nix and Hydra.
   
5. Styx: Discovered in 2012, this little moon was found by a team of scientists searching for potential hazards to the New Horizons spacecraft flyby in 2015.
   

Scientists are searching for more possible moons orbiting Pluto and also signs of a possible debris field generated by the theoretical impact billions of years ago.

Answer 3

Pluto has five moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon is the largest and is tidally locked with Pluto, meaning they always show the same face to each other. The other moons were discovered in the years following Charon's discovery in 1978. Pluto and its moons are part of a complex and dynamic system that continues to be studied by astronomers.