Pluto IV

E481638

Pluto IV is the small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, officially named Kerberos.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pluto IV canonical 2
134340 Pluto IV 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Pluto
natural satellite
albedo high
discoveredBy Mark R. Showalter
Pluto Companion Search Team
discoveredUsing Hubble Space Telescope
discoveryAnnouncementDate 2011-07-20
discoveryDate 2011-06-28
discoveryMethod optical imaging
flybyDate 2015-07-14
hasOrbitalCharacteristic orbits barycenter of Pluto-Charon system
hasOrbitalOrder outer moon of Pluto
locatedIn Kuiper belt
linked to: Kuiper Belt

outer Solar System
meanRadius_km approximately 6 to 7
memberOf Plutonian satellite system
nameApprovalDate 2013-07-02
namedAfter Cerberus
nameLanguageVariant Greek form of Cerberus
nameSpelling Kerberos
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union
officialName Kerberos
orbitalResonanceWith Hydra
Nix
Styx
orbits Pluto
partOf Pluto-Charon system
primaryBody Pluto
provisionalDesignation S/2011 (134340) 1
relativeSizeInSystem one of the smaller moons of Pluto
rotationState chaotic rotation
shape irregular
surfaceColor relatively bright
systematicNumber 134340 Pluto IV
linked to: Pluto IV
visitedBy New Horizons spacecraft
linked to: New Horizons

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kerberos catalogDesignation Pluto IV
Pluto IV systematicNumber 134340 Pluto IV
linked to: Pluto IV