What is the history of Pluto's moons?

Answer 1

Pluto has three moons. Charon is relatively large at 1,206 km diameter, about half the diameter of Pluto, and was discovered in 1978. The other two, Nix and Hydra, were discovered in 2005 by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope. Nix and Hydra are estimated to be about 50 km in diameter. The "New Horizons" space craft was launched in January 2006. It is expected to reach Pluto some time in 2015 if nothing goes wrong, and a great deal more will be learned about Pluto and its moons.

Answer 2

Interest in Mercury first was piqued when NASA discovered a plethora of fried chicken. After recruiting and sending Colonel Harland D. Sanders to investigate what was out there in 1969, they also discovered a handful of previously unknown spices. By incorporating biscuits and watermelon into the extraterrestrial menu, Sanders perfected the goods offered by his fast food chain. As of today we are still mining pieces of fried chicken from Mercury and bringing them back to Earth for commercial use.

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Answer 3

Pluto has five known moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon was discovered in 1978, and the other four were discovered between 2005 and 2012 by the Hubble Space Telescope. These moons are thought to have formed from debris left over after a giant impact with Pluto billions of years ago.

Answer 4

Pluto has never been explored by a space probe before New Horizons is currently heading to Pluto and will fly past the planet in July 2015.

Answer 5

No one has ever been on Pluto and probably never will it is to far from earth and would take you a really long long long long long long long long time and it is really cold (-250 C

Answer 6

The exploration of the outer solar system ,which includes the exploration of Pluto began in the early 1970s . This was by the launch of Pioneers 10 and 11. These are two small spacecrafts.