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Moons of Pluto facts for kids

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Image from the Hubble Telescope showing Pluto and its three largest moons.

Pluto, a small dwarf planet far away, has five moons that orbit around it. The biggest and most famous moon is Charon. It's almost a quarter the size of Pluto itself! The other four moons are much smaller: Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx. These moons are all part of Pluto's interesting family in space.

Discovering Pluto's Moons

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Sizes of the objects in the Plutonian system.

Scientists have been discovering Pluto's moons over many years. The first and largest moon found was Charon. James Christy discovered Charon on June 22, 1978.

Later, in May 2005, the Hubble Space Telescope helped scientists find two more moons. These were named Nix and Hydra. Then, in 2011 and 2012, two even smaller moons were discovered. They were named Kerberos and Styx.

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