Jay-qu Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 A pair of small moons that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered orbiting Pluto now have official names: Nix and Hydra. Photographed by Hubble in 2005, Nix and Hydra are roughly 5,000 times fainter than Pluto and are about two to three times farther from Pluto than its large moon, Charon, which was discovered in 1978. Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFaithfulStone Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I'd like to put the Nix on one of those names. Oh wait... TFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthepon Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hey! Howcome earth has only one moon?! Everybody has more than that! (forget those who don't at all.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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