Top: Pluto's largest moon, Charon, with its dark Mordor Macula
Middle: Hydra (left) and Nix (right)
Bottom: Kerberos (left) and Styx (right)
(Images not to scale)
The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites.[1] In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra.[2] Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet.[3]
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