Moons of Pluto

(Images not to scale)

The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites.[1] In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra.[2] Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet.[3]

  1. ^ Kenyon, Scott J.; Bromley, Benjamin C. (28 January 2019). "A Pluto-Charon Sonata: The Dynamical Architecture of the Circumbinary Satellite System". The Astrophysical Journal. 157 (2): 79. arXiv:1810.01277. Bibcode:2019AJ....157...79K. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aafa72. S2CID 119091388.
  2. ^ "Moons dance around Pluto". Smithsonian Institution. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Pluto's Moons | Five Satellites of Pluto". Space.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.