AP: Pluto's newly discovered moons finally get names
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Wed, 2006-06-21 18:09.
“Pluto’s newly discovered moons finally get names”
Meet the newest kids in the solar system: Nix and Hydra.
The pair of moons orbiting Pluto were officially christened last week by the International Astronomical Union, which is in charge of approving celestial names.
Until last year, scientists thought Pluto was accompanied by only one moon, Charon. But the Hubble Space Telescope spotted the two satellites - more than twice as far away as Charon and many times fainter.