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  • Hydra (moon)
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  • Hydra is the outermost known moon of Pluto. It was discovered along with Nix in June 2005, and was visited along with Pluto by New Horizons in July 2015. Hydra's surface is probably covered with water ice. Observed within Hydra's bright regions is a darker circular structure with a diameter of approximately 10 kilometers (5 miles). Hydra's reflectivity (the percentage of incident light reflected from the surface) is intermediate between those of Pluto and Charon.
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physical characteristics
  • yes
Dimensions
  • ≈ 
discoverer
single temperature
  • 33
Name
  • Hydra
discovery
  • yes
Caption
Albedo
  • 0.830000
alt names
  • Pluto III
Satellite Of
Note
  • yes
discovered
  • 2005-06-15
Rotation
  • 69.12
Named after
magnitude
  • 22.900000
adjectives
  • Hydrian
Axial tilt
  • variable
abstract
  • Hydra is the outermost known moon of Pluto. It was discovered along with Nix in June 2005, and was visited along with Pluto by New Horizons in July 2015. Hydra's surface is probably covered with water ice. Observed within Hydra's bright regions is a darker circular structure with a diameter of approximately 10 kilometers (5 miles). Hydra's reflectivity (the percentage of incident light reflected from the surface) is intermediate between those of Pluto and Charon.