Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto, with a diameter of 49.8 km (30.9 mi) across its longest dimension. [3] It was discovered along with Pluto's outermost moon Hydra on 15 May 2005 by …

2024年11月4日 · Nix is the inner of the two moons discovered orbiting Pluto in 2005. Nix and Hydra are roughly 5,000 times fainter than Pluto and are about two to three times farther from …

Nix's is 3–9 minutes of arc and Hydra's is 2–7 minutes. These are much larger than the Sun's angular diameter, so total solar eclipses are caused by these moons. Eclipses by Styx and …

2023年4月17日 · A pair of small moons that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered orbiting Pluto now have official names: Nix and Hydra. Photographed by Hubble in 2005, Nix and …

2016年6月16日 · A newly downlinked spectral observation of Pluto’s moon Nix from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft provides compelling evidence that its surface is covered in water ice, …

13 小时之前 · NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has delivered jaw-dropping video of Pluto's moon Nix, showcasing something no one expected towering ice mountains, some as high as 11,000 …

Nix is a non- spherical moon of Pluto. It was found along with Hydra in June 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team. The discovery images were taken on May …

2015年12月17日 · This recently received panchromatic image of Pluto’s small satellite Nix taken by the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) aboard New Horizons is one of the best …

A tiny, oblong moon discovered in 2005 that irregularly tumbles as it orbits Pluto in a chaotic pattern due to the competing gravitational effects of Pluto and its largest moon Charon. Key …

Nix, Kerberos, and Styx—are much smaller than Charon. All four are elongated. They revolve around Pluto outside Charon’s path in nearly circular orbits (like Charon) and in the same …