Styx

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Styx is a small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, located between the orbits of Charon and Nix in the Pluto system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Styx canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Pluto ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer moon ⓘ
trans-Neptunian satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
belongsTo Pluto’s small moons ⓘ
catalogIdentifier Pluto V ⓘ
celestialBodyType irregularly shaped moon ⓘ
dimensions_km approximately 16 × 9 × 8 ⓘ
discoveredBy Mark R. Showalter ⓘ
Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ
discoveredUsing Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
discoveryAnnouncementAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
discoveryDate 2012-06-26 ⓘ
equilibriumState non-hydrostatic ⓘ
exploredBy New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
flybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
gravitationallyBoundTo Pluto–Charon system ⓘ
imagedBy New Horizons LORRI camera ⓘ
linked to: LORRI
inMeanMotionResonanceWith Charon ⓘ
innerNeighbor Charon ⓘ
inOrbitalResonanceChainWith Hydra ⓘ
Kerberos ⓘ
Nix ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt

outer Solar System ⓘ
mass_kg on the order of 7.5e15 ⓘ
meanMotionResonanceRatioWithCharon 3:1 ⓘ
meanRadius_km approximately 5.2 ⓘ
memberOf Pluto system ⓘ
namedAfter Styx (mythological river) ⓘ
linked to: River Styx

river of the underworld in Greek mythology ⓘ
officialName Styx ⓘ
orbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity low ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees approximately 0.8 to Pluto’s equator ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days approximately 20.16 ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
outerNeighbor Nix ⓘ
parentBody Pluto–Charon barycenter ⓘ
linked to: Pluto
positionInSystem between Charon and Nix ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2012 (134340) 1 ⓘ
rotationState chaotic ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km approximately 42656 ⓘ
shape elongated ⓘ
surfaceColor neutral to slightly bluish ⓘ
surfaceGeologyKnown limited ⓘ
tidallyLockedTo none ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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