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largest natural satellite of Pluto
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Charon is the largest moon orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto. It matters because studying it helps scientists understand the composition and history of objects in the distant outer solar system.
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- Instance of
- moon of Pluto
- Named after
- Charon
- Parent body
- Pluto
- Diameter
- 1212
- Radius
- 603.6
- Mass
- 1.52
- Orbital period
- 6.38723
- Image
- Pluto system 2006 es.jpg
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- surface gravity
- 0.288
- time of discovery or invention
- 1978-06-22
- discoverer or inventor
- James W. Christy
- Commons category
- Charon (moon)
- topic's main category
- Category:Charon (moon)
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.00005
- density
- 1.702
- site of astronomical discovery
- United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
- apparent magnitude
- 16.8
- absolute magnitude
- 1
- apoapsis
- 19598.92
- albedo
- 0.372
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 19591.4
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- IPA transcription
- ˈçaːʁɔn
- orbital inclination
- 112.783
- longitude of ascending node
- 223.046
- periapsis
- 19592.61
- flattening
- 0.5
- angular diameter
- 55
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