Kerberos is a small natural satellite of Pluto, about 19 km (12 mi) in its longest dimension. Kerberos is also the second-smallest moon of Pluto, after Styx. It was the fourth moon of Pluto …

2024年11月4日 · Pluto’s tiny moon Kerberos appears to be smaller than scientists expected and has a highly-reflective surface, counter to predictions prior to the July 2015 flyby of the NASA’s …

However, Kerberos, although slightly larger, cannot make total eclipses as its largest minor axis is a mere 32 arcseconds. Eclipses by Kerberos and Styx will entirely consist of partial and hybrid …

2024年11月4日 · Pluto’s moon system – Charon, Nix, Hydra, Styx, and Kerberos – is believed to have formed after a collision between Pluto, and another Kuiper Belt Object early in the history …

2024年11月5日 · Pluto has five moons. Its largest moon, Charon, is about half the size of Pluto, making it the largest known moon relative to its parent planet in our solar system. Pluto's other …

2015年10月22日 · Pluto’s tiny moon Kerberos taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft –and just sent back to Earth this week. Kerberos appears to be smaller than scientists expected and …

2015年10月22日 · The new data, downlinked from the New Horizons spacecraft on Oct. 20, show that Kerberos appears to have a double-lobed shape, with the larger lobe approximately 5 …

2015年6月3日 · Four small moons—Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra—follow near-circular, near-equatorial orbits around the central ‘binary planet’ comprising Pluto and its large moon, …

Kerberos (formerly known as S/2011 (134340) 1 [3] and informally as P4) is a small moon of the dwarf planet Pluto. The satellite was discovered on 28 June 2011. [1] It is the fourth moon of …

The fourth moon of Pluto to be discovered; It was discovered by the team on the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015.