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{{Infobox Planet|image=PlutoSystem.jpg
{{Planet|image=PlutoSystem.jpg
|date=May 15, 2005<ref name=usgs>"[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planetary Body Names and Discoverers]." US Geological Survey, Jennifer Blue, ed. March 31, 2008. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|date=May 15, 2005<ref name=usgs>"[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Planetary Body Names and Discoverers]." US Geological Survey, Jennifer Blue, ed. March 31, 2008. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|discname=Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team<ref name=nasa1>"[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Plu_Nix Pluto: Moons: Nix.]" ''Solar System Exploration'', [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]], September 15, 2006. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|discname=Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team<ref name=nasa1>"[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Plu_Nix Pluto: Moons: Nix.]" ''Solar System Exploration'', [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]], September 15, 2006. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|equatorradius =25 km
|equatorradius =25 km
|meantemp=44 K
|meantemp=44 K
|color=#AAAAAA<ref name=color>Stern, S. A., Mutchler, M. J., Weaver, H. A., and Steffl, A. J. "[http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605014 The Positions, Colors, and Photometric Variability of Pluto's Small Satellites from HST Observations 2005-2006]." ''Astronomical Journal'', submitted April 29, 2006. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|color=gray<ref name=color>Stern, S. A., Mutchler, M. J., Weaver, H. A., and Steffl, A. J. "[http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605014 The Positions, Colors, and Photometric Variability of Pluto's Small Satellites from HST Observations 2005-2006]." ''Astronomical Journal'', submitted April 29, 2006. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
|albedo=0.04<ref name=color/><ref>An assumed value</ref>
|albedo=0.04<ref name=color/><ref>An assumed value</ref>
}}'''Nix''' is the second or middle [[moon]] of the [[dwarf planet]] [[Pluto]]. It was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team in May of 2005.<ref name=Arnett>Arnett, Bill. "[http://www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html Pluto]." <http://www.nineplanets.org/> Accessed January 22, 2008.</ref><ref name=IAUdisc>"[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/special/08625.pdf IAU Circular No. 8625]." [[International Astronomical Union]], October 31, 2005. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref><ref name=hubble>"[http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/19/ NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto]." News Release STScl-2005-19, ''Hubble Site'', October 31, 2005. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>
}}'''Nix''' is the second or middle [[moon]] of the [[dwarf planet]] [[Pluto]]. It was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team in May of 2005.<ref name=Arnett>Arnett, Bill. "[http://www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html Pluto]." <http://www.nineplanets.org/> Accessed January 22, 2008.</ref><ref name=IAUdisc>"[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/special/08625.pdf IAU Circular No. 8625]." [[International Astronomical Union]], October 31, 2005. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref><ref name=hubble>"[http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/19/ NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto]." News Release STScl-2005-19, ''Hubble Site'', October 31, 2005. Accessed April 17, 2008.</ref>