Pirx (crater) explained

Pirx
Coordinates:55.2°N 256.18°W
Location:Oz Terra, Charon
Discoverer:New Horizons
Eponym:Pirx the Pilot
Type:Impact crater

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 .[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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Pirx on Charon. 1 August 2020. planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov.