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  • Nix (moon)
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  • Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Hydra (Pluto's outermost satellite) in June 2005. It was imaged along with Pluto and its other moons by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the Pluto system in July 2015. Of the four small Plutonian moons the best pictures are of Nix, with resolutions as high as 330 meters per pixel.
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colwidth
  • 30
physical characteristics
  • yes
Dimensions
discoverer
single temperature
  • 33
Name
  • Nix
discovery
  • yes
Caption
  • The highest-resolution image of Nix, imaged by New Horizons on 14 July 2015. Image captured in grayscale by LORRI, color added based on other images from Ralph MVIC.
Albedo
  • 0.560000
alt names
  • Pluto II
Satellite Of
Note
  • yes
discovered
  • 2005-06-15
Rotation
  • 777.5999999999999
  • chaotic
Named after
magnitude
  • 23.380000
adjectives
  • Nictian
Axial tilt
  • 132
abstract
  • Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Hydra (Pluto's outermost satellite) in June 2005. It was imaged along with Pluto and its other moons by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the Pluto system in July 2015. Of the four small Plutonian moons the best pictures are of Nix, with resolutions as high as 330 meters per pixel.