-360 degrees Fahrenheit
Pluto's largest moon is named Charon. It was discovered in 1978 by astronomer James Christy. Charon is about half the size of Pluto and they are tidally locked, meaning they always show the same face to each other.
Nix is the bigger moon of the two, with a diameter of about 23 miles (60 kilometers), compared to Hydra's diameter of about 20 miles (50 kilometers). Both moons are relatively small compared to other moons in our solar system.
Plutoâ??s main feature is that it is a very cold planet because of its distance away to the sun with an average temperature of 375 degrees below zero. Also, even though it is no longer considered to be a planet, it still has a moon on it named Charon.
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.
Pluto's Two Small Moons Christened Nix and Hydra
No it is Charon
Pluto only has one moon and i don't think it is even a moon its a dwarf planet along with Pluto
Pluto has 3 known moons (as of 2011) Pluto's largest moon is Charon. The smaller moons are Nix and Hydra.
Pluto has three natural satelites.Nix,Hydra,and Charon are Plutos moons.
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.
Charon
Pluto has one moon: Charon. The others are Nix and Hydra.
Pluto's largest moon is named Charon. It was discovered in 1978 by astronomer James Christy. Charon is about half the size of Pluto and they are tidally locked, meaning they always show the same face to each other.
hydra pluto's moon was discovered on June 15th 2005 by Max J. Mutchler
Pluto's moon Charon
Pluto now has 5 known moons. The main one is Charon. The others are Hydra, Kerberos, Nix and Styx.
Hydra