Pluto IV

E481638

Pluto IV is the small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, officially named Kerberos.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pluto IV canonical 2
134340 Pluto IV 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Pluto ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
discoveredBy Mark R. Showalter ⓘ
Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ
discoveredUsing Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
discoveryAnnouncementDate 2011-07-20 ⓘ
discoveryDate 2011-06-28 ⓘ
discoveryMethod optical imaging ⓘ
flybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
hasOrbitalCharacteristic orbits barycenter of Pluto-Charon system ⓘ
hasOrbitalOrder outer moon of Pluto ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper belt ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt

outer Solar System ⓘ
meanRadius_km approximately 6 to 7 ⓘ
memberOf Plutonian satellite system ⓘ
nameApprovalDate 2013-07-02 ⓘ
namedAfter Cerberus ⓘ
nameLanguageVariant Greek form of Cerberus ⓘ
nameSpelling Kerberos ⓘ
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
officialName Kerberos ⓘ
orbitalResonanceWith Hydra ⓘ
Nix ⓘ
Styx ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
partOf Pluto-Charon system ⓘ
primaryBody Pluto ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2011 (134340) 1 ⓘ
relativeSizeInSystem one of the smaller moons of Pluto ⓘ
rotationState chaotic rotation ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceColor relatively bright ⓘ
systematicNumber 134340 Pluto IV ⓘ
linked to: Pluto IV
visitedBy New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kerberos → catalogDesignation → Pluto IV ⓘ
Pluto IV → systematicNumber → 134340 Pluto IV ⓘ
linked to: Pluto IV