Pirx (crater)

Short description: Crater on Pluto's largest moon, Charon

Pirx (Charon)

Annotated map of Charon, with IAU-approved names for features as of 2018[update]

moon| Charon
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 55°12′N 256°11′E﻿ / ﻿55.2°N 256.18°E﻿ / 55.2; 256.18[1]
Diameter| 90 km
Discoverer| New Horizons

Pirx is a 90 km (55.9 miles) wide impact crater on Pluto's natural satellite Charon, discovered in 2015 by the American New Horizons probe. It is located in at Template:Coord/display/.[1] The crater is located near Charon's north pole.

Crater Pirx is named after Pilot Pirx, the main character in a series of short stories by Stanislaw Lem. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2018.[1]

## See also

* List of geological features on Charon

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Pirx on Charon". https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15740.

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