What is Nix made out of?

Origin. Pluto’s smaller moons, including Nix, were thought to have formed from debris ejected from a massive collision between Pluto and another Kuiper belt object, similarly to how the Moon is believed to have formed from debris ejected by a large collision of Earth.

What are the characteristics of Nix?

characteristics. 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 orbital plane as Charon.

Is Nix a dwarf planet?

Nix is the third farthest moon from the dwarf planet Pluto. Nix is the third largest moon orbiting Pluto. Nix is estimated to be around 5,000 times fainter than Pluto. The NASA space probe New Horizons visited the Pluto system in 2015 and took images of Nix.

Does Pluto have moons orbiting it?

Charon
KerberosNixHydraStyx
Pluto/Moons
The known moons of Pluto are: Charon: Discovered in 1978, this small moon is almost half the size of Pluto. It is so big Pluto and Charon are sometimes referred to as a double planet system. Nix and Hydra: These small moons were found in 2005 by a Hubble Space Telescope team studying the Pluto system.

How big is the moon Nix?

Nix and Hydra are roughly 20 to 70 miles (32 to 113 km) wide. They are so small and so faint that scientists combined a short exposure of Pluto and Charon and a long exposure of Nix and Hydra to create images of them all together.

Who discovered Nix the moon?

Marc Buie
Nix/Discoverers

How was Hydra discovered?

Hydra was discovered along with Nix by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope on 15 May 2005, and was named after the Hydra, the nine-headed underworld serpent in Greek mythology. The New Horizons spacecraft imaged Pluto and its moons in July 2015 and returned multiple images of Hydra.

What is the gravity of Nix?

0.000163 m/s²
Nix/Gravity

Who discovered Nix?

How big is Nix and Hydra?

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