Moons of Pluto while searching for Plutonian rings. Styx, announced on 7 July 2012, was discovered while looking for potential hazards for "New Horizons". Charon is about half the diameter of Pluto and is so massive (nearly one eighth of the mass of Pluto) that the system's barycenter lies between them, approximately 960 km above Pluto's surface. Charon and Pluto are also tidally locked, so that they always present the same face toward each other. The IAU General Assembly in August 2006 considered a proposal that Pluto and Charon be reclassified as a double planet, but the proposal was abandoned. Pluto's four small
Sailor Pluto is still considered a member of the Sailor Guardians despite the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet (as opposed to just a planet). Many fans joke that Sailor Moon will reinstate Pluto as a planet after becoming queen. Others joke she was "fired" from the Sailor Guardians. This despite the fact that the moon isn't a planet either yet this doesn't affect Sailor Moon's status and power. There are also Sailor Guardians of asteroids, classified as "minor planets". What astronomical bodies are called clearly has no bearing on the story. Due to her portrayal in the anime and a