Pluto has 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 a binary system because the barycenter of their orbits does not lie within either body, and they are tidally locked.
I agree that Charon is not a moon; it's part of the binary pair. I often referred to them in the past as the Pluto-Charon system, but this can be confusing vis a vis Chiron.
You always talk about Pluto but you almost never mention its moons, whose names are: Charon, Nyx, Trotsky, Kissinger and Kubrick.
Pluto has 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 a binary system because the barycenter of their orbits does not lie within either body, and they are tidally locked.
I agree that Charon is not a moon; it's part of the binary pair. I often referred to them in the past as the Pluto-Charon system, but this can be confusing vis a vis Chiron.
My names are waaaaay funnier!
Thank you for the link to the interview. Watching now!
you are right. I will steal that joke forthwith
You're welcome.
ohhhhhhh this gives me a great idea...
and you might like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_lxdjUlWkc