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New Spin on Pluto's Moons

by R. Cowen 9 November 20156 January 2023

Strangely speedy rotation rates of Pluto's tiny orbiting companions show up in a trove of images taken as the New Horizons spacecraft approached the dwarf planet last spring and early summer.

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Pluto's Moons Nix and Hydra Show Their Faces

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 21 July 20156 January 2023

When the New Horizons spacecraft photographed Pluto last week, it snapped the most revealing images yet of two little-known moons of the dwarf planet.

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