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    In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -⁠ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He carries...
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    Pluto (redirect from Pluto-Charon system)
    five known moons: Charon, the largest, whose diameter is just over half that of Pluto; Styx; Nix; Kerberos; and Hydra. Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered...
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    Charon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/ KAIR-on, -⁠ən or /ˈʃærən/ SHAIR-ən), known as (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf...
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    are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are...
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  • underworld. Charon may also refer to: Caronte (album) (Charon), a 1971 album by Italian band The Trip Charon (band), a Finnish gothic metal band Charon (CrossGen)...
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    Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin...
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    Dwarf planet (section Charon)
    be larger than Mercury, but with the discovery in 1978 of Pluto's moon Charon, it became possible to measure Pluto's mass accurately and to determine...
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    following six species: Charon ambreae Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — Taiwan Charon forsteri (Dunn, 1949) — Solomon Islands Charon gervaisi Harvey & West...
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  • Sails of Charon" was covered by the American thrash metal band Testament on their compilation album Signs of Chaos in 1997. "The Sails of Charon" was also...
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    Charon grayi, the giant whip-spider, is a species of whip spider found in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands...
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