Pluto has a moon , called charon , which is about the size of quaoar itself 冥王星有一颗卫星,叫卡戎,和夸欧尔差不多大。
There are three main ways that charon ' s surface supply of crystalline ice could have been replenished 喀戎表面晶体冰的补给有三种主要的方式。
Greek mythology ) a river in hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by charon 希腊神话中地狱里的一条河流,传说死人会被带去那里。
Moreover , the time for charon to go around pluto is the same as the rotational period of pluto . therefore , charon is a 此外,查戎的公转周期和冥王星的自转周期一样,所以它是一颗
Charon , its large " moon , " is only about half the size of pluto , while all the true planets are far larger than their moons 它的“月亮”卡戎,有冥王星的一半大,而所有真正的行星都远大于它们的“月亮”们。
Whichever one of these processes is renewing charon ' s surface , it must be happening now or have happened in the last few tens of thousands of years 无论哪一种更新喀戎表面的过程,必定正在发生或曾在几万年前发生过。
Third , most exciting , and , it turns out , most plausible , is the possibility that liquid water from charon ' s interior has erupted onto the surface , freezing and crystallizing 第三,最令人兴奋、最有可能的是液态水从喀戎的内部被挤压出表面,冻结形成晶体。
With this definition , pluto as well as eris , ceres , and charon plutos satellite are planets and we will have 12 planets with more to be confirmed 可是若接受这简单定义,冥王星厄里斯卡伦冥王星的?星将立即升格为行星,变成太阳系十二大行星,而有为数众多的候选行星等待确认。