Styx (moon)
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Styx is a small outer moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012, that orbits the dwarf planet in a complex, resonant system with its other moons.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moon of Pluto
ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ |
| albedo | high geometric albedo ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Kuiper belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToPlanetarySystem | Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Pluto V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark R. Showalter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 2012 ⓘ |
| discoveredInImageDataFrom | Hubble Space Telescope Pluto survey ⓘ |
| discoveredOn | 2012-06-26 ⓘ |
| discoveredUsing | Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryAnnouncedBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromSun | approximately 39 astronomical units (via Pluto’s orbit) ⓘ |
| flybyDateBy | New Horizons on 2015-07-14 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Pluto V (Styx) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | neutral to slightly bluish ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryContext | search for rings and small moons around Pluto ⓘ |
| hasMass | very low mass (exact value uncertain) ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalEccentricity | low eccentricity orbit ⓘ |
| hasOrbitalInclination | near Pluto’s equatorial plane ⓘ |
| hasRotationPeriod | not tidally locked to Pluto ⓘ |
| isInnerMoonRelativeTo | Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOuterMoonRelativeTo |
Charon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerberos NERFINISHED ⓘ Nix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSmallerThan |
Hydra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerberos NERFINISHED ⓘ Nix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meanRadius | approximately 5–7 km ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pluto’s resonant satellite system ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Styx (mythology)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
river Styx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 20.16 hours ⓘ |
| orbitalResonanceWith |
Charon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerberos NERFINISHED ⓘ Nix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbits |
Pluto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dwarf planet Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pluto system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provisionalDesignation | S/2012 (134340) 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rotationState | chaotic rotation ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | approximately 42,000 km from Pluto ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition | water ice (inferred) ⓘ |
| systemicPrimary | Pluto–Charon barycenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hydra (moon)
subject surface form:
Hydra (moon)