Pluto's P4 and P5 Receive Official Names
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btoman
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Pluto's P4 and P5 Receive Official Names
Looks like it was just announced and the official names will be Kerberos and Styx.
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Christopher K.
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Re: Pluto's P4 and P5 Receive Official Names
A neat schematic showing the updated Plutonian family was the 8 July APOD. The fourth and fifth moons were discovered in 2011 and 2012.
8 July APOD:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130708.html
8 July APOD:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130708.html