A team of researchers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colo., The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., used Hubble Space Telescope images to make the discovery in support of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt beyond.
A team of researchers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colo., The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., used Hubble Space Telescope images to make the discovery in support of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt beyond.
Pluto's three moons names are Charon, Nix, and Hydra.
Pluto has five moons: Charon, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos, and Styx.
Pluto has five known moons: Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. These moons were all discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope between 2005 and 2012. Charon is the largest and closest moon to Pluto, while the other four are much smaller.
Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx.
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They are moons of Pluto. Pluto has three known moons, Charon, Nix, and Hydra.
Pluto's three moons names are Charon, Nix, and Hydra.
Nix & Hydra were the 2 smaller moons that were discovered on June 21, 2006.
These are two additional moons of Pluto, that were recently discovered in orbit around the Dwarf Planet.
Pluto's three moons are Charon, Nix, and Hydra
No. In fact two other moons: Nix and Hydra, were discovered on June 21, 2006
Those are the moons of Pluto.
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Pluto has 3 moons. Hydra, Nix, and Charon are the names of them.
Pluto has three known natural satellites: Charon, first identified in 1978 and two smaller moons, Nix and Hydra, both discovered in 2005.
3. Charon the largest then Nix and Hydra.
Pluto has five moons: Charon, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos, and Styx.