Pluto and Charon
This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was taken by the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera (FOC) on February 21, 1994 when the planet was 2.6 billion miles (4.4 billion kilometers) from Earth; or nearly 30 times the separation between Earth and the sun.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9417a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 May 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 950 x 494 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Charon, Pluto |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet : Satellite • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Dwarf planet |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
