Moons of Pluto: Charon
Charon is one of the 5 moons of planet Pluto. For a listing of other moons, see Moons of the Planets.
Charon Stats
- Mass (kg)
- 1.90e+21
- Radius (km)
- 586
- Density (gm/cm3)
- 1.83
- Distance from planet (km)
- 19,640
- Rotational period (days)
- 6.38725
- Orbital period (days)
- 6.38725
- Orbital velocity (km/sec)
- 0.23
- Eccentricity of orbit
- 0.0000
- Inclination of orbit (°)
- 98.80
- Albedo
- 0.5
- Magnitude (Vo)
- 16.8
- Atmosphere

Charon is too small and faint to be seen in any amateur telescope.