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Charon
Charon, aslii rang me, jiske New Horizons spacecraft
July 2015 me utaris rahaa.
Discovery
Discovered byJames W. Christy
Discovery dateJune 22, 1978
Designations
Designation
Pluto I[1]
Pronunciation/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on-,_--ən or
/ˈʃærən/ SHARR-ənThe former is the anglicized
pronunciation of the, the latter is the
discoverer's pronunciation.
Named after
Discoverer's wife, Charlene,
and Χάρων Kharōn
S/1978 P 1
AdjectivesCharonian, from the alternative Latin oblique
form </ref>[2][3]
Charontian, -eanFrom the Latin oblique form
(cf. Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Caronte)[4][5]
Charonean[note 1][6]
Orbital characteristics 
Epoch 2452600.5
(2002 Nov 22)
Periapsis19 592.61 km
Apoapsis19 598.92 km
19595.764+0.007
−0.008
km (planetocentric)
17181.0 km (barycentric)
Eccentricity0.000161
6.387221+0.000005
−0.000003
 d

(6 d, 9 h, 17 m, 35.89 ± 0.35 s)
0.21 km/s
Inclination0.080° (to Pluto's equator)
119.591°±0.014° (to Pluto's orbit)
112.783°±0.014° (to the ecliptic)
223.046°±0.014° (to vernal equinox)
Satellite ofPluto
Physical characteristics
606.0±0.5 km
(0.095 Earths, 0.51 Plutos)
Flattening<0.5%
4.6×106 km2 (0.0090 Earths)
Volume(9.32±0.14)×108 km3 (0.00086 Earths)
Mass(1.5897±0.0045)×1021 kg
(2.66×10−4 Earths)
(12.2% of Pluto)
Mean density
1.705±0.006 g/cm3
0.288 m/s2
0.59 km/s
0.37 mi/s
synchronous
Albedo~0.38 (locally 0.20–0.73)
0.25 ± 0.03 Bond[7]
Temperature−220 °C (53 K)
16.8[8]
1[9]
55 milli-arcsec

Charon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on-,_--ən or /ˈʃærən/ SHARR-ən),, jiske formal designation (134340) Pluto I hae, paanch bauna grah Yamgrah ke chaand me se sab se barraa hae. Iske mean radius 606 km (377 mi) hae. Charon 6th sab se barraa trans-Neptunian object Yamgrah ke baad, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, aur Gonggong.[10] Iske 1978 me United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. me, photographic plates se kaam me laae ke United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS) me.

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