Charon
Largest natural satellite of Pluto
Also known as (134340) Pluto I · Pluto I · S/1978 P 1
- Instance of
- Part of
Overview
All data
63 statements · 19% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Discovered
- June 22, 1978
- Mass
- 1.52 yottagram
- Radius
- 603.6 km
- Apparent magnitude
- 16.8 astronomical filter: V band
- Orbital period
- 6.3872 days
- Albedo
- 0.372
- Semi-major axis
- 19,591.4 km
- IPA transcription
- ˈçaːʁɔn language: German · applies to name of subject: Charon
- Inclination
- 0.08 degree relative to: equatorial plane of Pluto
- 119.591 degree relative to: orbit of Pluto
- 112.783 degree relative to: ecliptic
- Longitude of ascending node
- 223.046 degree relative to: equinox point
- Periapsis
- 19,592.61 km
- Apoapsis
- 19,598.92 km
- Surface gravity
- 0.288 metre per square second
- Flattening
- 0.5% sourcing circumstances: less than
- Angular diameter
- 55 milliarcsecond
On other databases
31 identifiers linking Charon across the web's reference databases
- BabelNet ID03321250n
- Bing entity ID4b4f9372-f39d-66ca-8361-adb4d30fb3a6
- Comic Vine ID4020-62885
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Charon-astronomy
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction IDcharon
- Fandom article IDthestarsabove:Charon
- Freebase ID/m/0dwjs
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7031544
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Charon
- GND ID4473110-3
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR1IzYW5NU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDCharon
- J9U entity ID987007558753805171
- KBpedia IDCharon-MoonOfPluto
- Larousse IDdivers/Charon/112934
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh95007255
- Mindat locality ID266783
- NAIF ID901
- Namuwiki ID카론(위성)
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDカロン (衛星)
- NL CR AUT IDph314908
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3884847
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDカロン(衛星)
- Quora topic IDCharon-5
- Treccani IDcaronte
- TV Tropes IDUsefulNotes/DwarfPlanets
- VIAF cluster ID315160640
- Vikidia article IDfr:Charon_(satellite)
- WikiKids IDCharon_(maan)
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["PlanetaryMoon", "Charon"]
- Yale LUX IDplace/bb8f6825-7a0c-4085-95c5-3a4599dcbd23