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| Charon |
Apoapsis
19,640 km (1.31285e-4 AU, 12,203.73 mi)
Axial tilt
0 rad (0 °, 0 grad)
Circumference
8.24891e-4 AU (123,402 km, 76,678.448 mi)
Color
#AAAAAA
Date of discovery
2 July 1978
Equatorial radius
586 km (364.124 mi)
Escape speed
0.58 km/s (2,088 km/h, 0.36 mi/s, 1,297.423 mph)
Inclination
0 rad (0 °, 0 grad)
Lunar mass
1.9e+21 kg (0.0259 M☾, 3.17939e-4 M⊕)
Lunar surface area
4,580,000 km² (1,768,347.886 mi², 0.121 A☾, 0.00898 A⊕)
Mean temperature
53 K (-220.15 °C, -364.27 °F, 95.4 °R)
Orbital eccentricity
0
Orbital speed
0.23 km/s (828 km/h, 0.143 mi/s, 514.495 mph)
Order
1
Periapsis
19,640 km (1.31285e-4 AU, 12,203.73 mi)
Planet density
1,650 kg/m³ (1.65 g/ml, 103.006 lb/ft³)
Semi-major axis
19,640 km (1.31285e-4 AU, 12,203.73 mi)
Sidereal day
153.294 h (6.387 da)
Sidereal period
6.387 da (0.0175 a)
Surface gravity
0.278 m/s² (0.912 ft/s², 0.0283 g)
Discoverer
James W. Christy +
Member of
Moon +
Primary
Pluto +
Categories Astronomy +, Charon +, Moon +, Pluto +, Solar system +
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