S/2011 (134340) 1

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S/2011 (134340) 1 is a small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, better known by its official name Kerberos.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
S/2011 (134340) 1 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Pluto ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
alternativeDesignation Pluto IV ⓘ
alternativeName Kerberos ⓘ
associatedWith dwarf planet Pluto ⓘ
linked to: Pluto
belongsTo Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt
belongsToCategory outer moon of Pluto ⓘ
dimensions approximately 12 km × 4.5 km ⓘ
discoveredBy Mark R. Showalter ⓘ
Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ
discoveredWith Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
discoveryDate 2011-06-28 ⓘ
discoveryFacility Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
discoveryLocation Earth orbit ⓘ
discoveryMethod Hubble Space Telescope imaging ⓘ
eccentricity low orbital eccentricity ⓘ
exploredBy New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
flybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
governingBodyForName International Astronomical Union ⓘ
hasNumberOfKnownMoonsInSystem one of five known moons of Pluto ⓘ
imagedBy New Horizons LORRI camera ⓘ
linked to: LORRI
inclination small inclination relative to Pluto’s equator ⓘ
meanRadius approximately 6 km ⓘ
memberOf Pluto system ⓘ
nameApprovalDate 2013-07-02 ⓘ
namedAfter Cerberus ⓘ
mythological three-headed dog guarding the underworld ⓘ
officialName Kerberos ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 32.1 days ⓘ
orbitalResonance near 1:4 resonance with Nix ⓘ
near 1:5 resonance with Charon ⓘ
near 1:6 resonance with Hydra ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
otherMoonsInSystem Charon ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ
Nix ⓘ
Styx ⓘ
parentBody Pluto ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2011 (134340) 1 ⓘ
relativePosition orbits between Nix and Hydra ⓘ
rotation non-synchronous with its orbital period ⓘ
rotationState chaotic rotation ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 57,800 km from Pluto ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceColor neutral to slightly gray ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice (inferred) ⓘ
system Pluto–Charon system ⓘ
systemType circumbinary satellite of Pluto–Charon barycenter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Kerberos → alternativeName → S/2011 (134340) 1 ⓘ
S/2011 (134340) 1 → provisionalDesignation → S/2011 (134340) 1 ⓘ
Pluto IV → provisionalDesignation → S/2011 (134340) 1 ⓘ
Kerberos → provisionalDesignation → S/2011 (134340) 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: Kerberos (moon)