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<div style="text-align:center">I'm a conservative Republican that lives in Pennsylvania. I attended Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C.</div>
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{{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>
|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>
|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 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>
== Discovery ==
== Discovery ==
== Physical characteristics ==
== Physical characteristics ==
The Hubble Space Telescope's instruments have not been able to resolve Nix sufficiently to measure its diameter. The diameter has a calculated range of between 46 km and 137 km, depending on the albedo—and current instruments cannot adequately resolve the albedo, either.<ref name=team2/> Nor has any instrument been able to resolve its sidereal day. Nix is somewhat less bright than is Hydra, and so might be smaller.<ref name=color/>
The Hubble Space Telescope's instruments have not been able to resolve Nix sufficiently to measure its diameter. The diameter has a calculated range of between 46 km and 137 km, depending on the albedo—and current instruments cannot adequately resolve the albedo, either.<ref name=team2/> Nor has any instrument been able to resolve its sidereal day. Nix is somewhat less bright than is Hydra, and so might be smaller.<ref name=color/>
The [[New Horizons]] space probe, launched in 2006, will visit Nix and its companions in February of 2015. This will represent the earliest opportunity to study Nix in detail.
The [[New Horizons]] space probe, launched in 2006, will visit Nix and its companions in February 2015. This will represent the earliest opportunity to study Nix in detail.
== Companion satellites ==
== Companion satellites ==
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[[Category:Pluto]]
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