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Charon

Charon is Pluto's largest moon, notable for its diverse geological features, including canyons and a dark polar region, and was extensively studied during NASA's New Horizons mission.

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Mysterious Pluto and Charon

09/04/2000

Mysterious Pluto and Charon
Image Credit: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Pluto is the only planet in our Solar System remaining unphotographed by a passing spacecraft. Distant Pluto and its moon Charon therefore remain somewhat mysterious. In addition to direct imaging by the Hubble Space Telescope, careful tracking of brightness changes that occur as each object eclipses the other have allowed astronomers to build up the above black & white surface maps. These maps depict the face of Pluto (left) that always faces Charon, and the face of Charon that always faces away from Pluto. The rectangular pixels are an artifact of the mapping software. The Pluto-Kuiper Express mission is tentatively planned for launch in 2004 and might encounter Pluto as early as 2012.