Hydra

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Hydra is one of Pluto’s small outer moons, discovered in 2005 and named after the many-headed serpent from Greek mythology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hydra canonical 18
Hydra (mythological serpent) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Plutonian moon ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ
celestial body ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
approximateDimensions_km 50×36×30 ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Solar System ⓘ
color neutral to slightly bluish ⓘ
density_g_per_cm3 about 1 ⓘ
discoveredBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ
discoveredInYear 2005 ⓘ
discoveryDate 2005-06-15 ⓘ
eccentricity 0.0059 ⓘ
exploredBy New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
flybyMissionDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
hasNo substantial atmosphere ⓘ
hasOrbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonanceWith Kerberos (moon) ⓘ
Nix (moon) ⓘ
Styx (moon) ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
inclination_degrees 0.24 ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt
mass_kg on the order of 10^17 ⓘ
meanDiameter_km about 43 ⓘ
meanOrbitalDistanceFromPluto_km 64738 ⓘ
memberOf Pluto system ⓘ
Pluto’s small outer moons ⓘ
namedAfter Lernaean Hydra ⓘ
linked to: LernaeanHydra

many-headed serpent from Greek mythology ⓘ
namingTheme underworld-related mythological figures ⓘ
officialNameAdoptedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 38.20177 ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
orbitsBarycenterWith Charon ⓘ
outerMoonRelativeTo Charon ⓘ
Kerberos (moon) ⓘ
Nix (moon) ⓘ
Styx (moon) ⓘ
partOf Pluto–Charon system ⓘ
primaryBody Pluto ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2005 P 1 ⓘ
rotationState chaotic rotation ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 64738 ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice-rich ⓘ
surfaceFeature cratered terrain ⓘ
systemEscapeVelocity_m_per_s about 30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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