Pluto V

E487060

Pluto V is the fifth known natural satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, officially named Styx.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pluto V canonical 4
Pluto V (Styx) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Plutonian moon ⓘ
moon ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
belongsTo Kuiper belt object system ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Pluto system ⓘ
cataloguedAs Pluto V ⓘ
discoveredBy Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team ⓘ
Mark R. Showalter ⓘ
discoveredIn 2012 ⓘ
discoveredUsing Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
discoveryDate 2012-06-26 ⓘ
discoveryMethod optical imaging ⓘ
distanceFromSun_AU ~39 at Pluto system ⓘ
exploredBy New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
flybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
hasOrbitalEccentricity low ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclination small relative to Pluto-Charon plane ⓘ
hasRotationState chaotic rotation ⓘ
hostBody Pluto ⓘ
inResonanceWith Charon ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ
Kerberos ⓘ
Nix ⓘ
isFifthKnownSatelliteOf Pluto ⓘ
massRelativeToPluto very small ⓘ
meanRadius_km ~5 to 7.5 ⓘ
memberOf outer small moons of Pluto ⓘ
namedAfter Styx (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Styx (goddess)
nameOrigin river Styx in Greek mythology ⓘ
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
observedBy New Horizons LORRI camera ⓘ
linked to: LORRI

New Horizons Ralph instrument ⓘ
officialName Styx ⓘ
officialNameAdopted 2013-07-02 ⓘ
orbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days ~20.16 ⓘ
orbits Pluto ⓘ
partOf Pluto-Charon system ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2012 (134340) 1 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km ~42656 ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
surfaceColor neutral to slightly gray ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Styx → catalogIdentifier → Pluto V ⓘ
Pluto V → cataloguedAs → Pluto V ⓘ
Styx (moon) → catalogueNumber → Pluto V ⓘ
Styx (moon) → hasAlternativeName → Pluto V (Styx) ⓘ
linked to: Pluto V