TUCSON, Ariz. — How did Pluto end up with its largest moon, Charon? Like many entanglements, it started with a kiss. New research from the University of Arizona details a “kiss and capture” mechanism ...
Charon is the largest of the five known moons, or natural satellites, of the dwarf planet Pluto. With a diameter of 1,212 kilometres (slightly more than half the diameter of Pluto), Charon is the 12th ...