Pluto IV
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Pluto IV is the small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, officially named Kerberos.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moon of Pluto
ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ |
| albedo | high ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Mark R. Showalter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pluto Companion Search Team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredUsing | Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryAnnouncementDate | 2011-07-20 ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 2011-06-28 ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | optical imaging ⓘ |
| flybyDate | 2015-07-14 ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalCharacteristic | orbits barycenter of Pluto-Charon system ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalOrder | outer moon of Pluto ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kuiper belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ |
| meanRadius_km | approximately 6 to 7 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Plutonian satellite system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameApprovalDate | 2013-07-02 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cerberus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguageVariant | Greek form of Cerberus ⓘ |
| nameSpelling | Kerberos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingAuthority | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialName | Kerberos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalResonanceWith |
Hydra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nix NERFINISHED ⓘ Styx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbits | Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pluto-Charon system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryBody | Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provisionalDesignation | S/2011 (134340) 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeSizeInSystem | one of the smaller moons of Pluto ⓘ |
| rotationState | chaotic rotation ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
| surfaceColor | relatively bright ⓘ |
| systematicNumber | 134340 Pluto IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedBy | New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.