It is by observing torque pluto charon occultation s scientists in 2005 were able to estimate the diameter of charon is 1 207 2 2 8 km 3 times smaller than our moon.
Is a satellite of pluto.
It used to be a planet before and not a satellite.
Currently there is 1 satellite charon and 4 moons nix hydra kerberos and styx that orbit pluto.
Images not to scale the dwarf planet pluto has five natural satellites.
Pluto is not a satellite.
Pluto the dwarf planet that was once considered the ninth planet has a growing entourage of satellites.
Nasa s new horizons spacecraft is at pluto.
Satellites of pluto.
After a decade long journey through our solar system new horizons made its closest approach to pluto tuesday about 7 750 miles above the surface roughly the same distance from new york to mumbai india making it the first ever space mission to explore a world so far from earth.
Charon p1 discovered on magnified images of pluto by james christy in 1978 is a large satellite to pluto.
It is actually now classified as a dwarf planet ever since the iau had changed the definition of a planet.
In order of distance from pluto they are charon styx nix kerberos and hydra.