Nix, formally designated Pluto II, is a moon of Pluto with a diameter of about 49.8 kilometers across its longest dimension. It was discovered together with Pluto's outermost moon, Hydra, on 15 May 2005 by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope, and it was named for Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night; by distance it is the third of Pluto's moons, orbiting between Styx and Kerberos.
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Infobox: magnitude
23.38-23.7 (measured)
Targeted By: New Horizons Mission, Article text
Nix was imaged along with Pluto and its other moons by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the Pluto system in July 2015.
In Group: Moons of Pluto, Lead sentence
Nix, formal designation (134340) Pluto II, is a natural satellite of Pluto, with a diameter of 49.8 km (30.9 mi) across its longest dimension.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Nix
Wikidata Q102694, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationNix, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classificationQuote, Nix, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
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