Nix
natural satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto
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Summary
Nix is a moon of Pluto[1]. Nix draws 1,447 Wikipedia views per month (moon of pluto category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Alan Stern[3], Hubble Space Telescope[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Hubble Space Telescope[5]
- Named after: Nyx[6]
- Part of: Pluto System[7]
- Commons category: Nix[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Pluto[9]
- Provisional designation: S/2005 P 2[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: May 15, 2005[11]
- IPA transcription: nɪks[12]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0023[13]
- Apparent magnitude: 23.38[14]
- Official name: (134340) Plutó II[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 8.28[16]
- Orbital inclination: 0.133 degree[17]
- Density: 1.37 gram per cubic centimetre[18]
- Temperature: 33 K[19], 55 K[20]
- Radius: 46.5 km[21]
- Orbital period: 24.854943 day[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 48,694 km[23]
- Apoapsis: 48,790 km[24]
- Periapsis: 48,590 km[25]
- Albedo: 0.350[26]
Why It Matters
Nix has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Nix is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]