In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries...
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Pluto (redirect from Pluto-Charon system)
five known moons: Charon, the largest, whose diameter is just over half that of Pluto; Styx; Nix; Kerberos; and Hydra. Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered...
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Charon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -ən or /ˈʃærən/ SHAIR-ən), or (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet...
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Moons of Pluto (section Charon)
are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are...
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Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin...
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following six species: Charon ambreae Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — Taiwan Charon forsteri (Dunn, 1949) — Solomon Islands Charon gervaisi Harvey & West...
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underworld. Charon may also refer to: Caronte (album) (Charon), a 1971 album by Italian band The Trip Charon (band), a Finnish gothic metal band Charon (CrossGen)...
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Charon was a Finnish gothic metal band from Raahe. Charon was founded in 1992 by Antti Karihtala, Teemu Hautamäki, Pasi Sipilä, and Jasse Hast and was...
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Royal Navy have been named HMS Charon, after Charon, the boatman to Hades across the River Styx in Greek Mythology: HMS Charon (1778) was a 44-gun fifth rate...
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Taken by Force (redirect from The Sails of Charon)
Sails of Charon" was covered by the American thrash metal band Testament on their compilation album Signs of Chaos in 1997. "The Sails of Charon" was also...
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Dwarf planet (section Charon)
be larger than Mercury, but with the discovery in 1978 of Pluto's moon Charon, it became possible to measure Pluto's mass accurately and to determine...
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Bathochordaeus charon is a species of giant larvacean, a solitary, free-swimming tunicate that filter feeds in surface waters. The species was named after Charon, the...
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The DEFCAD Charon is an open source 3D-printable AR-15 lower receiver project that was partially inspired by the Fabrique Nationale P90. It began as a...
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Rita Charon (born 1949 in Providence, Rhode Island), is a physician, literary scholar and the founder and executive director of the Program in Narrative...
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entrance to the Greek Underworld where souls must be ferried across by Charon (although some later sources, such as Roman poets, assign this role to the...
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Cucullia charon is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Cucullia charon is...
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Alexios Charon (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Χάρων, fl. early 11th century) was a Byzantine official in southern Italy and the maternal grandfather of Emperor Alexios...
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The geology of Charon encompasses the characteristics of the surface, crust, and interior of Pluto's moon Charon. Like the geology of Pluto, almost nothing...
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Mark of Charon is an American comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from April to August 2003. It is a five-issue limited series written by Tony...
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The Ring of Charon is a science fiction book by American writer Roger MacBride Allen, first published in 1990 by Tor Books. It is the first in a series...
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Hieronymus' daughter, who is unaware of his assassin past Ayomide Adegun as Charon O'Connor, Cormac's surrogate son, who seeks for Cormac to bring over his...
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Greek underworld (section Charon)
least four specific rivers. H. A. Guerber assumed that the rivers where Charon sailed mirrored the sky in Greco-Roman thought. In the wider mythological...
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Charon oenpelli is a species of amblypygid arachnid (whip-spider) in the Charontidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1998 by Australian...
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Jean-Émile Charon (French: [ʃaʁɔ̃]; 25 February 1920, in Paris – June 1998, in Paris) was a French nuclear physicist, philosopher and writer. He was the...
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Charon is the brand name of a group of software products able to emulate several CPU architectures. The emulators available under this brand mostly cover...
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Blue Origin (redirect from Blue Origin Charon)
Origin Charon Test Vehicle". The Museum of Flight. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013. "Blue Origin's Original Charon Flying...
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Charon is a discontinued web browser for the Inferno operating system. It had a limited support for JavaScript but none for CSS. It was originally written...
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Jacques Charon (27 February 1920 – 15 October 1975) was a French actor and film director. Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national...
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Charon (also spelled "Charogne") is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Abbeville Micropolitan...
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John Wick (film) (redirect from Charon (John Wick))
and devoted wife Dean Winters as Avi: Viggo's attorney Lance Reddick as Charon / Hotel Manager: The Continental's concierge Toby Leonard Moore as Victor:...
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