Pirx_(crater)

Pirx (crater)

Pirx (crater)

Crater on Charon

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 55.2°N 256.18°E / 55.2; 256.18 (Pirx).[1] The crater is located near Charon's north pole.

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Pirx on Charon". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2020.


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