Astronomy:Pirx (crater)
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Short description: Crater on Pluto's largest moon, Charon
 Annotated map of Charon, with IAU-approved names for features (As of 2018) | |
| moon | Charon |
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| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 55°12′N 256°11′E / 55.2°N 256.18°E[1] |
| Diameter | 90 km |
| Discoverer | New Horizons |
Pirx is a 90 km (55.9 miles) wide impact crater on Pluto's natural satellite Charon, discovered in 2015 by the American New Horizons probe. It is located in at Template:Coord/display/.[1] The crater is located near Charon's north pole.
Crater Pirx is named after Pilot Pirx, the main character in a series of short stories by Stanislaw Lem. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2018.[1]
See also
- List of geological features on Charon
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