Charon

E110986

Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, notable for its size relative to Pluto and their mutual tidal locking that makes them sometimes considered a double dwarf-planet system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charon canonical 37

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo 0.35 ⓘ
averageOrbitalDistanceFromPluto_km 19571 ⓘ
barycenterLocation outside Pluto ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt

Pluto system ⓘ
linked to: Pluto

Solar System ⓘ
diameter_km 1212 ⓘ
discoveredBy James W. Christy ⓘ
discoveryDate 1978-06-22 ⓘ
discoveryYear 1978 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_s 0.59 ⓘ
exploredBy New Horizons ⓘ
firstFlybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
formsDoubleDwarfPlanetSystemWith Pluto ⓘ
geologicalActivityEvidence cryovolcanism ⓘ
extensional tectonics ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
hasFeature Mordor Macula ⓘ
Serenity Chasma ⓘ
Vulcan Planum ⓘ
isLargestMoonOf Pluto ⓘ
dwarf planet Pluto ⓘ
linked to: Pluto
isMoonOf Pluto ⓘ
isTidallyLockedWith Pluto ⓘ
mass_kg 1.586e21 ⓘ
massRelativeToPluto 0.12 ⓘ
meanDensity_g_cm3 1.7 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 606 ⓘ
MordorMaculaLocation north polar region ⓘ
mutuallySynchronousRotationWith Pluto ⓘ
namedAfter Charon (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Charon

ferryman of Hades in Greek mythology ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity ~0.0002 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_deg ~0.08 to Pluto’s equator ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 6.387 ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
relativeSizeToPluto about half Pluto’s diameter ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 6.387 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 19571 ⓘ
surfaceColor generally gray ⓘ
surfaceComposition ammonia hydrates ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_s2 0.288 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K_max ~60 ⓘ
surfaceTemperature_K_min ~40 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pluto → hasNaturalSatellite → Charon ⓘ
Pluto → largestMoon → Charon ⓘ
New Horizons → primaryTarget → Charon ⓘ
New Horizons → flybyOf → Charon ⓘ
(15760) 1992 QB1 → isBeyond → Charon ⓘ
LORRI → flybyTarget → Charon ⓘ
Ralph → observes → Charon ⓘ
REX → targetBody → Charon ⓘ
PEPSSI → targetBody → Charon ⓘ
Hydra (moon) → orbitsBarycenterWith → Charon ⓘ
subject linked to: Hydra
Hydra (moon) → outerMoonRelativeTo → Charon ⓘ
subject linked to: Hydra
Mordor Macula → locatedOn → Charon ⓘ
Mordor Macula → hostBody → Charon ⓘ
Pluto V → inResonanceWith → Charon ⓘ
Serenity Chasma → locatedOn → Charon ⓘ
Vulcan Planum → locatedOn → Charon ⓘ
Nix → isSmallerThan → Charon ⓘ
subject linked to: Nix (moon)
Nix → isGravitationallyBoundTo → Charon ⓘ
subject linked to: Nix (moon)
Nix → isSmallerBodyInSystemWith → Charon ⓘ
subject linked to: Nix (moon)
Kerberos → systemHasPrimary → Charon ⓘ
subject linked to: Kerberos (moon)