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Pluto has Another Moon

Pluto has Another Moon

Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that Pluto has another moon. There is a fourth moon orbiting Pluto. Temporarily designated P4, it is a tiny satellite being around 13-34km in diameter. By comparison, Pluto’s largest moon Charon is 1,043 km across. The new moon is located between the orbits of Nix and Hydra, […]

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