Charon was apparent on the 1978 Naval Observatory images as a bump or elongation in Pluto's apparent shape. Pluto/Charon: Surface Features Emerging. It has a mean radius of 606 km (377 mi). Pages in category "Surface features of Charon" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. have less strength, and so the softened morphologies of Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia ( White et al., 2016 ) and its nitrogen glaciers ( Howard et al., 2016 ) simply aren’t possible on Charon’s surface. on April 30, 2015. The diverse ice species on Pluto (CO, N, CH 4 , etc.)
Well, at least clear details for the encountered hemispheres.. by Paul Gilster. Charon, also known as (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. Charon neither rises nor sets, but hovers over the same spot on Pluto's surface, and the same side of Charon always faces Pluto―this is called tidal locking. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). Watch Queue Queue. Charon’s water-ice outer shell is rigid at surface temperatures, resulting in the brittle deformation features described here. Charon Surface – Basic Surface Features Thanks to New Horizons Mission , we have detailed maps: A map for Pluto and another map for Charon . It was discovered in 1978 at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., using photographic plates taken at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS). This elongation of Pluto had occasionally been seen on photographic plates made in the 1960s, but it had not been recognized to be a satellite.

Compared with most of the planets and moons, the Pluto-Charon system is tipped on its side, like Uranus. Charon's orbit around Pluto takes 6.4 Earth days, and one Pluto rotation (a Pluto day) takes 6.4 Earth days. Watch Queue Queue This video is unavailable.

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