Pluto + Satellite
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Albedo
0.04
Apoapsis
48,772 km (3.26021e-4 AU, 30,305.516 mi)
Color
#AAAAAA
Date of discovery
15 May 2005
Equatorial radius
25 km (15.534 mi)
Inclination
6.98132e-4 rad (0.04 °, 0.0444 grad)
Lunar mass
5.0e+16 kg (6.80429e-7 M☾, 8.36681e-9 M⊕)
Mean temperature
44 K (-229.15 °C, -380.47 °F, 79.2 °R)
Orbital eccentricity
0.002
Order
2
Periapsis
48,578 km (3.24724e-4 AU, 30,184.97 mi)
Semi-major axis
48,675 km (3.25372e-4 AU, 30,245.243 mi)
Sidereal period
24.856 da (0.0681 a)
Discoverer
Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team +
Member of
Moon +
Primary
Pluto +
Categories Astronomy +, Moon +, Pluto +, Solar system +
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