Come and Learn About Pluto's Moon

1. Made by: Kyle Jaye B. Resurreccion
Astronomy-Pluto’s Moons

2. What’s Astronomy?
Astronomy is the study of everything
in the universe beyond Earth's
atmosphere. That includes objects
we can see with our naked eyes, like
the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and
the stars.

3. Pluto
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt,
a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of
Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-
most-massive known object to directly
orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-
Neptunian object by volume, by a small
margin, but is slightly less massive than
Eris.

4. How many moons has Pluto got?
Pluto has 5 moons. The largest,
Charon, is so big that Pluto and
Charon orbit each other like a
double planet

5. Charon
Overview. At half the size of Pluto,
Charon is the largest of Pluto's five moons
and the largest known satellite relative to
its parent body. Pluto-Charon is our solar
system's only known double planetary
system. The same surfaces of Charon
and Pluto always face each other, a
phenomenon called mutual tidal
locking.

6. Nix
Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto, with a
diameter of 49.8 km across its longest
dimension. It was discovered along with
Pluto's outermost moon Hydra on 15 May
2005 by astronomers using the Hubble
Space Telescope, and was named after
Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night.

7. Styx
Styx is a small natural satellite of Pluto
whose discovery was announced on
11 July 2012. It was discovered by use
of the Hubble Space Telescope, and
is the smallest of the five known
moons of Pluto.

8. Kerberos
Kerberos is a small natural satellite of
Pluto, about 19 km in its longest
dimension. Kerberos is also the
second-smallest moon of Pluto, after
Styx. It was the fourth moon of Pluto
to be discovered and its existence
was announced on 20 July 2011.

9. Hydra
Hydra is a natural satellite of Pluto,
with a diameter of approximately 51
km across its longest dimension. It is
the second-largest moon of Pluto,
being slightly larger than Nix.

10. References:
 https://homework.study.com/explanation/what-is-so-
unusual-about-pluto-s-moon-
charon.html#:~:text=Pluto's%20moon%20Charon%20is
%20very,to%20the%20planets%20they%20orbit.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Pluto
 https://www.loc.gov/everyday-
mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-
planet/#:~:text=The%20International%20Astronomical
%20Union%20(IAU,neighboring%20region%20of%20oth
er%20objects.%E2%80%9D