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Pluto's Moons
Pluto's Moons
Pluto's entire moon system is believed to have formed by a collision between the dwarf planet and another Kuiper Belt Object early in the history of the solar system.
The Known Moon of Pluto:
Charon: Discovered in 1978, this small moon is almost half the size of Pluto. It is so big Pluto and Charon are sometimes referred to as a double planet system.
Nix and Hydra: These small moons were found in 2005 by a Hubble Space Telescope team studying the Pluto system.
Kerberos: Discovered in 2011, this tiny moon is located between the orbits of Nix and Hydra.
Styx: Discovered in 2012, this little moon was found by a team of scientists searching for potential hazards to the New Horizons spacecraft Pluto flyby in July 2015
NASA New Horizons Spacecraft
NASA New Horizons Spacecraft
New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU
New Horizons was the first spacecraft to encounter Pluto. By the time it reached the Pluto system, the spacecraft had traveled farther away and for a longer time period (more than nine years) than any previous deep space spacecraft ever launched.
Left Picture: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the first spacecraft to explore Pluto up close, flying by the dwarf planet and its moons on July 14, 2015.
Left Picture: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the first spacecraft to explore Pluto up close, flying by the dwarf planet and its moons on July 14, 2015.
Right Picture: Picture of Pluto taken from the New Horizons spacecraft
Right Picture: Picture of Pluto taken from the New Horizons spacecraft
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