... atmosphere, measure its temperature, and image the moons of the Pluto-Charon system ... In 1978, when Charon was discovered and Pluto's mass could be determined ... In binary with Charon, Pluto does not meet the last criterion --but a new "dwarf ...
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... 20 times brighter than those taken of Pluto 30 years ago when Charon was discovered ... will aid in estimat8 ing the sizes of Pluto's satellites Nix, Hydra and Charon ...
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... Its five moons are named for elements of underworld mythology: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx. ... The largest, Charon, is nearly equal in size to Pluto, forming a double system. ...
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... Slushy geysers on Charon apparently coat it in ice crystals. ... Water likely trickles very slowly, repaving Charon in a thin layer of 1-millimeter ... If Charon's ice were left over from the solar system's birth, it would have lost the ...
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... Pluto's moon, Charon, from the surface (NASA concept) DWARF PLANET PLUTO ASTRONOMY An astronomer on the surface of Pluto would have little need for a space telescope. ...
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... found a strong signal of carbon monoxide gas in Pluto's atmospher e. The atmospher e was known to extend more than 60 miles, but new findings raise that to more than 1,860 miles, equivalent to a quarter of the distance to Pluto's largest moon, Charon ...
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... After the PlutoCharon encounter, in an extended mission phase, the spacecraft would proceed to rendezvous with at least one, and as many as three Kuiper Belt Objects. ...
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