Contents. planet: 9 - Pluto satellites: P1-Charon : 5 total number: 5 type: absolute dates: 1998-1998 observatory: 250 - Hubble Space Telescope Reference. Olkin C.B., Wasserman L.H., Franz O.G. (2003) The mass ratio of Charon to Pluto from Hubble Space Telescope astrometry with the fine guidance sensors. Icarus. V. 164. N. 1. P. 254-259. 2003Icar__164__254O Informations. relative to: absolute reference frame: astrometric centre of frame: topocentre epoch of equinox: J2000 time scale: UTC reduction: see reference coordinates: absolute diff. refraction: no information receptor: CCD telescope: HST observers: Olkin C.B., Wasserman L.H., Franz O.G. data included in standard data file: no Comments. no information Format. 1. Year of the date of observation 2. Month of the date of observation 3. Day of the date of observation 4. Hour of the date of observation (UTC) 5. Minutes of the date of observation (UTC) 6. Secondes of the date of observation (UTC) 7. Hour of the right ascension of Pluto 8. Minutes of the right ascension of Pluto 9. Secondes of the right ascension of Pluto 10. Degrees of the declination of Pluto 11. Arcmin. of the declination of Pluto 12. Arcsec. of the declination of Pluto 13. Hour of the right ascension of Charon 14. Minutes of the right ascension of Charon 15. Secondes of the right ascension of Charon 16. Degrees of the declination of Charon 17. Arcmin. of the declination of Charon 18. Arcsec. of the declination of Charon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ year Pluto Pluto Charon Charon month UTC R.a. (J2000) Decl. R.a. (J2000) Decl. day h m s h m s deg. ' '' h m s deg. ' '' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------