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Pluto
On 2 July 2013, the International Astronomical Union announced the names of the fourth- and fifth-discovered moons of Pluto: Kerberos and Styx.
General Information
Pluto Fact Sheet
Frequently Asked Questions
Reference Books on Pluto
Missions to Pluto
Future Missions
New Horizons
- Pluto Flyby, Kuiper Belt mission (2006)
Data
Images of Pluto
(Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging)
Images of Pluto
(NSSDC Photo Gallery)
Press Releases
Fourth moon adds to Pluto's appeal
- New Horizons News Release (20 July 2011)
Plutoid chosen as name for Solar System objects like Pluto
- IAU Press Release (11 June 2008)
Pluto's redefinition as a "dwarf planet"
- IAU Resolution (24 August 2006)
Nix and Hydra
- names chosen for Pluto's moons.
Hubble Space Telescope
discovers two new moons around Pluto.
"New Horizons"
mission chosen for flight to Pluto.
"New Horizons" and "POSSE"
- two missions chosen for feasibility studies.
Pluto-Kuiper Express
- NASA Flyby Mission to Pluto (Cancelled)
New mission proposals solicited
(20 Dec 2000)
The Status of Pluto: A Clarification
(3 February 1999)
Also of Interest
20
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Anniversary of the Discovery of Charon
University of Colorado Pluto page
Lowell Observatory Pluto page
Pluto Occultation page
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