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MOON

Styx

Orbits Pluto

Physical Properties

5 km

Orbit

Pluto
20.16155 d

Sources & Further Reading

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: 2026-04-18 18:19:26.

Styx is the innermost small moon of Pluto and was the last of Pluto’s five moons to be discovered, found by Hubble imaging in 2012. New Horizons observed an irregular ~16 × 9 × 8 km body.