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CHARON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Charon" is a kind of...):
ferryman (a man who operates a ferry)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Context examples:
The lag would act like a brake on Pluto, causing its rotation to slow while transferring that rotational energy to Charon, making it speed up and move farther away from Pluto.
(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)
This great canyon system stretches more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) across the entire face of Charon and likely around onto Charon’s far side.
(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)
Based on observations from telescopes, Charon's orbit is now in a stable end state: a circular orbit with the rotation of both Pluto and Charon slowed to the point where they always show the same side to each other.
(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)
High-resolution images of the Pluto-facing hemisphere of Charon, reveal details of a belt of fractures and canyons just north of the moon’s equator.
(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)
If the icy surface of Pluto's giant moon Charon is cracked, analysis of the fractures could reveal if its interior was warm, perhaps warm enough to have maintained a subterranean ocean of liquid water, according to a new study.
(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)
The plains south of the Charon’s canyon — informally referred to as Vulcan Planum — have fewer large craters than the regions to the north, indicating that they are noticeably younger.
(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)
Pluto's remoteness and small size make it difficult to observe, but in July of 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will be the first to visit Pluto and Charon, and will provide the most detailed observations to date.
(Cracks in Pluto's moon could indicate it once had an underground ocean, NASA)
Four times as long as the Grand Canyon, and twice as deep in places, these faults and canyons indicate a titanic geological upheaval in Charon’s past.
(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)
Many New Horizons scientists expected Charon to be a monotonous, crater-battered world; instead, they’re finding a landscape covered with mountains, canyons, landslides, surface-color variations and more.
(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)
