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    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/ SHARR-ən), or (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet...
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    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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  • 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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    following six species: Charon dantei Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — La Réunion Charon ambreae Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — Taiwan Charon forsteri (Dunn, 1949)...
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    Charon grayi, the giant whip-spider, is a species of whip spider found in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Chelsea Alden as Kelly Bryan Adrian as Charon III Douglas Tait as Charon IV Rob Welsh as Charon V Kiara Beltran as Charon VI In April 2015, the month of Unfriended's...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    largest known minor-planet moon in absolute size is Pluto's largest moon Charon, which itself has about half the diameter of Pluto. There are also several...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • co-star Ian McShane, the character is under the protection of Winston and Charon in the New York Continental Hotel during the course of the film. Anjelica...
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    Charon Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979) is an American electric blues vocalist. To date, she has released 12 albums and been presented with eight...
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