Kerberos

A small double-lobed moon of Pluto.

19km

Diameter

57,783km

From Pluto

32.2days

Orbital Period

2011

Discovered

About

Kerberos is a small moon of Pluto orbiting between Nix and Hydra. New Horizons revealed it has a double-lobed shape.

19km

Diameter

57,783km

Semi-major Axis

32.17days

Orbital Period

1.65e16kg

Mass

Tidally Locked

2011

Discovery Year

Mark R. Showalter

Discovered By

Kerberos has a distinctive double-lobed shape like a dumbbell

Pluto's largest moon, so big the pair forms a binary system.

1,212 km

Diameter

6.4 d

Orbit

1978

Discovered