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The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites. [1] In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. [2] Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet.
Nix is the third moon of Pluto by distance, orbiting between the moons Styx and Kerberos. [11] Nix was imaged along with Pluto and its other moons by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the Pluto system in July 2015. [12] Images from the New Horizons spacecraft reveal a large reddish area on Nix that is likely an impact crater. [13]
With the other moons Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra, it forms part of an unusual 1:3:4:5:6 (period ratio) sequence of near resonances. [11] In contrast to the orbit, Stygian rotation is chaotic; like the other small Plutonian moons, Styx is not tidally locked, and its rotation varies over short timescales (at a rate of about 3.239 days at the time of ...
Nix Federal Building, a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Nix Professional Building, a hospital in San Antonio, Texas; Permethrin, branded as Nix in North America, an anti-lice drug "Nix", a song by Golden Boy with Miss Kittin from Or; The Nix, a 2016 novel by Nathan Hill; Neck (water spirit) or nix, an aquatic being in Germanic ...
Note: These diagrams represent a configuration typical in the USA, mechanisms may vary in other countries [citation needed]. The toilet ballcock, long made of brass and later made of plastic, was superseded by the float cup, pioneered in 1957 by the Fluidmaster founder Adolf Schoepe , which is integrated with the tank’s fill valve and so ...
The goal of The Last Federation is to unite various alien species in a single federation, in order to prevent future wars, genocides, or other disasters. The player-character is the last survivor of a race of alien hydras (the same character "Hydral" would later show up in Starward Rogue), who flies around in a single spaceship going between planets and events in space, occasionally getting ...
A pit latrine, also known as pit toilet, is a type of toilet that collects human waste in a hole in the ground. [2] Urine and feces enter the pit through a drop hole in the floor, which might be connected to a toilet seat or squatting pan for user comfort. [ 2 ]
Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars.