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About Kerberos
Kerberos is a small, dark, irregular moon of Pluto between Nix and Hydra, discovered in 2011 Hubble observations. New Horizons found it to have a double-lobed shape, each lobe ~8 km across.
Physical Properties
9 km
Orbit
Pluto
32.168 d
Gallery
Hand-picked mission imagery of Kerberos sourced from NASA and partner archives. Click any photo for full resolution and source attribution.
Imagery on this page is provided by the original mission teams. Full attribution terms: Image Rights & Credits.
Sources & Further Reading
- NASA — official mission / factsheet page
- Wikipedia — extensive cross-referenced article
- NASA u2014 Kerberos
Numerical values (radius, mass, orbital elements, temperatures) are drawn from NASA NSSDC Planetary Fact Sheets, JPL Horizons, and the JPL Small-Body Database. Last refreshed: 2026-06-08 01:37:02.