Kerberos

Also known as S/2011 (134340) 1, (134340) Pluto IV, Pluto IV, S/2011 P 1, P4

natural satellite orbiting Pluto

AI overview

Kerberos is a small moon that orbits the planet Pluto. It was discovered as part of the Pluto system and is one of several natural satellites in that region of space.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: moon of Pluto
Named after: Cerberus
Parent body: Pluto
Radius: 14.5
Mass: 16500000000000000
Orbital period: 32.16756
Image: Kerberos (moon).jpg

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discoverer or inventor: Mark Robert Showalter
provisional designation: S/2011 (134340) 1
site of astronomical discovery: Hubble Space Telescope
time of discovery or invention: 2011-06-28
semi-major axis of an orbit: 59000
orbital eccentricity: 0.00328
Commons category: Kerberos (moon)
apparent magnitude: 26.1
orbital inclination: 0.389
albedo: 0.56

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Encyclopedic overview

Kerberos, formal designation (134340) Pluto IV, is a small natural satellite of Pluto, about 19 km (12 mi) in its longest dimension. Kerberos is also the second-smallest moon of Pluto, after Styx. It was the fourth moon of Pluto to be discovered and its existence was announced on 20 July 2011. It was imaged, along with Pluto and its four other moons, by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. The first image of Kerberos from the flyby was released to the public on 22 October 2015.

Discovery

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerberos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.