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...

planet Pluto has five natural satellites. In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, the largest, is mutually...

thought before Charon was discovered. The discovery of Pluto's satellite Charon in 1978 enabled a determination of the mass of the Pluto–Charon system by application...

of dwarf planets, Charon has the largest ratio, being 0.52 the diameter and 12.2% the mass of Pluto. The first known natural satellite was the Moon, but...

× 40 km (34 mi × 25 mi). List of natural satellites The instantaneous force at Hydra's distance in the Pluto–Charon–Hydra alignment case is 4.62% larger than...

have satellites substantially less massive than the dwarf planets themselves. The most notable exception is the Pluto–Charon system. The Charon-to-Pluto...

example is the dwarf planet Pluto and its satellite Charon. They have already reached a state where Charon is visible from only one hemisphere of Pluto...

the minor-planet moon Charon of the Pluto-Charon system is larger relative to Pluto, the Moon is the largest natural satellite of the Solar System relative...

{\textstyle P_{C}=6.3872304\,d} is Charon's period. Showalter, M. R.; Hamilton, D. P. (20 July 2011). "New Satellite of (134340) Pluto: S/2011 (134340)...

The IAU currently says Charon is not considered a dwarf planet but rather a satellite of Pluto, though the idea that Charon might qualify as a dwarf...

them Charon, Styx, and Cerberus. Upon discovery, Styx received the minor planet designation S/2012 (134340) 1 because it was the first satellite (S) discovered...

known inner regular satellites, and eight outer irregular satellites. Pluto, a dwarf planet, has five moons. Its largest moon Charon, named after the ferryman...

Leslie A.; Stern, S. Alan (2006). "Orbits and Photometry of Pluto's Satellites: Charon, S/2005 P1, and S/2005 P2". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (1): 290–298...

Eris and is the second-largest known moon of a dwarf planet, after Pluto I Charon. It was discovered in September 2005 by Mike Brown and the Laser Guide Star...

its moon Charon. The barycenter of those two bodies is always outside Pluto's surface. This has led some astronomers to call the Pluto–Charon system a...

of Charon's orbit (see Pluto's natural satellites for details). The near resonances may be maintained by a 15% local fluctuation in the Pluto-Charon gravitational...

(born September 15, 1938) is an American astronomer known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. Christy was born in 1938 in...

which the two bodies revolve around the barycenter, much like the Pluto–Charon system. It is hypothesized that both systems formed similarly, most likely...

trans-Neptunian object or icy satellite of the outer planets other than Miranda. The 1.65 μm band on Orcus is broad and deep (12%), as on Charon, Quaoar, Haumea, and...

Titan was the first known moon of Saturn and the sixth known planetary satellite (after Earth's moon and the four Galilean moons of Jupiter). Titan orbits...

moons (Umbriel, Ariel and Miranda) is unclear, as is that of Pluto's moon Charon. The TNO moons Eris I Dysnomia, Orcus I Vanth, and possibly Varda I Ilmarë...

body in question. Binary objects, objects with moons such as the Pluto–Charon system, are quite common among the larger trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)...

binary after Pluto–Charon, 1998 WW31, was optically resolved in 2002. In 2005, the asteroid 87 Sylvia was discovered to have two satellites, making it the...

after Pluto I Charon, Eris I Dysnomia, Orcus I Vanth, and possibly Varda I Ilmarë and Salacia I Actaea. Hiʻiaka was the first satellite discovered around...

for exceptionally inclined satellites, exactly like the convention for the moons of Jupiter. The name of Pluto's moon Charon was suggested by James W....

which turned out to be Pluto's satellite Charon. For this reason, some consider Harrington to be a co-discoverer of Charon, although Christy usually gets...

Artist's concept of the Saturnian satellite system A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object...

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...

The geological features of Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, are being mapped by scientists using data from the New Horizons spacecraft. The team has...

Search for an atmosphere around Charon Map surface temperatures on Pluto and Charon Search for rings and additional satellites around Pluto Conduct similar...