Charon

E110986
astronomical object moon natural satellite

Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, notable for its size relative to Pluto and their mutual tidal locking that makes them sometimes considered a double dwarf-planet system.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charon canonical 13

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo 0.35 ⓘ
averageOrbitalDistanceFromPluto_km 19571 ⓘ
barycenterLocation outside Pluto ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Kuiper Belt ⓘ
surface form: Kuiper belt

Pluto ⓘ
surface form: Pluto system

Solar System ⓘ
diameter_km 1212 ⓘ
discoveredBy James W. Christy ⓘ
discoveryDate 1978-06-22 ⓘ
discoveryYear 1978 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_s 0.59 ⓘ
exploredBy New Horizons ⓘ
firstFlybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
formsDoubleDwarfPlanetSystemWith Pluto ⓘ
geologicalActivityEvidence cryovolcanism ⓘ
extensional tectonics ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
hasFeature Mordor Macula ⓘ
Serenity Chasma ⓘ
Vulcan Planum ⓘ
isLargestMoonOf Pluto ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
surface form: dwarf planet Pluto
isMoonOf Pluto ⓘ
isTidallyLockedWith Pluto ⓘ
mass_kg 1.586e21 ⓘ
massRelativeToPluto 0.12 ⓘ
meanDensity_g_cm3 1.7 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 606 ⓘ
MordorMaculaLocation north polar region ⓘ
mutuallySynchronousRotationWith Pluto ⓘ
namedAfter Charon ⓘ
surface form: Charon (mythology)

ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity ~0.0002 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_deg ~0.08 to Pluto’s equator ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 6.387 ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
relativeSizeToPluto about half Pluto’s diameter ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 6.387 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 19571 ⓘ
surfaceColor generally gray ⓘ
surfaceComposition ammonia hydrates ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_s2 0.288 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K_max ~60 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K_min ~40 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pluto → hasNaturalSatellite → Charon ⓘ
Pluto → largestMoon → Charon ⓘ
New Horizons → primaryTarget → Charon ⓘ
New Horizons → flybyOf → Charon ⓘ
(15760) 1992 QB1 → isBeyond → Charon ⓘ
Nix → partOfResonantSystemWith → Charon ⓘ
Styx → inMeanMotionResonanceWith → Charon ⓘ
LORRI → flybyTarget → Charon ⓘ
Ralph → observes → Charon ⓘ
REX → targetBody → Charon ⓘ
PEPSSI → targetBody → Charon ⓘ
Hydra → orbitsBarycenterWith → Charon ⓘ
subject surface form: Hydra (moon)
Hydra → outerMoonRelativeTo → Charon ⓘ
subject surface form: Hydra (moon)