“Charon” is one of the five satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered by “James W. Christy” (astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory) on 22nd June, 1978. It has the mean diameter of about 1,207 Kilometers and mass of about 1.52 ± 0.06 Kilograms.
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“Charon” is one of the five satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered by “James W. Christy” (astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory) on 22nd June, 1978. It has the mean diameter of about 1,207 Kilometers and mass of about 1.52 ± 0.06 Kilograms.
“James W. Christy” has discovered Charon which is a satellite of Pluto.
Charon is the second largest planet of Pluto and was discovered by “James W. Christy” in the year 1978.