Pluto Moons
45 Years Ago: Astronomers Discover Pluto’s Moon Charon
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In 1978, astronomers considered Pluto as the solar system’s ninth planet. Its great distance from Earth—on average more than three…
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Using “Charon-light,” Researchers Image Pluto’s Dark Side in Faint Moonlight
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history by returning the first close-up images of Pluto and its moons. Now, through a…
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Five Years after New Horizons’ Historic Flyby, Here Are 10 Cool Things We Learned About Pluto
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Five years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than…
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NASA Scientist for a Day 2019-2020: Target No. 3 – Charon
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NASA JPL Software Engineer Melissa Soriano describes the third potential target for Scientist for a Day contestants: Pluto's moon Charon.
True Colors of Charon
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This is the most accurate natural color image of Charon taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
Charon’s First Official Feature Names
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Map projection of Charon, the largest of Pluto's five moons, annotated with its first set of official feature names.
