The Moons of Pluto

What is the mass of Kerberos?

-I have yet to find this information-

What is the orbit period of Styx?

20.2 days

What is the orbit period of Nix?

24.8 days

What is the orbit period of Kerberos?

32.1 days

What is the orbit period of Hydra?

38.2 days

What is the orbit distance of Styx?

42,000 km

What is the orbit distance of Nix?

48,708 kilometres

How many moons does Pluto have?

5

What is the mass of Nix?

5,080 to 2,036 kg

What is the orbit distance of Kerberos?

59,000 km

What is the orbit period of Charon?

6.4 days

What is the orbit distance of Hydra?

65,000 kilometers

What is the mass of Styx?

7.5x10^15 or 75 quadrillion kg

What is the orbit distance of Charon?

Around 17-1900 km

What is an orbit period?

Basically a day/the amount of time it takes the orbiting thing to orbit around something

Which of the moons is the largest?

Charon

What are the names of Pluto's moons?

Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx

What is the mass of Charon?

Fifteen sextillion, five hundred quintillion kilograms OR 1.55 × 10^21 kg

What is the meaning behind Hydra's name?

Hydra is a nine-headed serpent from Greek mythology

What is the meaning behind Charon's name?

It is named after James Christy's wife Charlene

What is the meaning behind Kerberos' name?

It is the Greek form of Cerebrus, the dog that guards Pluto's underworld

Who discovered Charon?

James Christy

What is the meaning behind Nix's name?

Nix is the Greek goddess of darkness and light

What does Charon orbit?

Pluto

What does Hydra orbit?

Pluto

What does Kerberos orbit?

Pluto

What does Nix orbit?

Pluto

What does Styx orbit?

Pluto

What is the meaning behind Styx's name?

Styx is the river in the underworld

Who discovered Hydra?

The Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team

Who discovered Nix?

The Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team

What is an orbit distance?

The distance from something that's orbiting TO what it is orbiting (e.g. the distance from the Earth to the sun)

What is the mass of Hydra?

around 4.2*10^17 or four quintillion, 200 quadrillion kilograms