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If u could throw in a couple details abou Pluto's moons, and Pluto that would be great!

2007-03-19 08:12:19 · 7 answers · asked by trlz71 1 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Pluto isn't considered a planet anymore. -_- By the way, they're Charon, Nix, and Hydra.

2007-03-19 08:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by L3monDr0p 4 · 0 1

Pluto has three moons. Charon, was discovered by James Christy on 1978 June 22, nearly half a century after Pluto. Two outer moons were imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team on 2005 May 15, and precovered from Hubble images taken in June 2002. With the orbits confirmed, the moons have been given definitive names: Hydra (Pluto III, formerly S/2005 P 1) and Nix (Pluto II, formerly S/2005 P 2).
Normally four moons are referred in connection with Jupiter. They are the fastest objects that we notice through a small telescope. If you are looking for them here are their names: Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.

2007-03-19 08:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Wiser 2 · 0 0

Pluto and its largest satellite, Charon, could be considered a binary system because they are closer in size than any of the other known celestial pair combinations in the solar system, and because the barycenter of their orbits does not lie within either body.[3] However, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has yet to formalize a definition for binary dwarf planets, so Charon is currently regarded as a moon of Pluto.[4] Two smaller moons, Nix and Hydra, were discovered in 2005.[5] Pluto is smaller than several of the natural satellites or moons in our solar system

You can find more on www.wikipedia.org

2007-03-22 01:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by ђermiona 6 · 0 0

Pluto doesn't have four moons - it has only three: Charon, Nix, and Hydra

Learn more about Pluto below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

2007-03-19 08:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by Brian L 7 · 1 0

Charon is the largest one, and known for years... I'm not sure the other 3 known moons have names yet.

2007-03-19 08:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0 0

Bob, Clyde. Fred, Jill

2007-03-19 08:22:49 · answer #6 · answered by RONALD H 2 · 0 1

Three moons .... here's a write up -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto's_natural_satellites

2007-03-19 08:17:10 · answer #7 · answered by Gene 7 · 0 0

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