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  Bgcolor "#000000" colspan="2" align="center" <br /> <font color="white"><small>''Pluto and Charon''</small></font>
  ! Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Discovery
  ! Align "left" Discovered by
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/James_W_Christy" class="copylinks">James W Christy
  ! Align "left" Discovered on
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/June_22" class="copylinks">June 22 , 1978
  Align "left" '''Space Missions'''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/New_Horizons" class="copylinks">New Horizons flyby mission<br> to Pluto and Charon
  Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Orbit al characteristics
  ! Align "left" Semimajor Axis
  19 571 ± 4 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/kilometer" class="copylinks">Km
  ! Align "left" Eccentricity
  ! Align "left" Orbital Period
  ! Align "left" Inclination
  11560° (to The "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/ecliptic" class="copylinks">Ecliptic )<br />000° ± 0014° (to Pluto's equator)<br />12254° (to Pluto's orbit)
  ! Align "left" Is a Satellite of
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Pluto_(planet)" class="copylinks">Pluto
  ! Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Physical characteristics1
  ! Align "left" Mean Diameter
  ! Align "left" Mass
  (152±006) "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/kilogram" class="copylinks">Kg (25445 Earths)
  ! Align "left" Mean Density
  ! Align "left" Surface Gravity
  0276 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Acceleration" class="copylinks">M/s<sup>2</sup>
  ! Align "left" Escape Velocity
  0578 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/km/s" class="copylinks">Km/s
  ! Align "left" Surface Temperature
  ! Align "left" Rotation Period
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Synchronous_rotation" class="copylinks">Synchronous
  ! Align "left" Axial Tilt
  ! Align "left" Albedo
  ! Align "left" Atmosphere