Nix

Nix (Pluto II) is a satellite of Pluto. It was discovered by Terran scientists along with Hydra in June 2005 CE, and was imaged along with Pluto and Charon by the New Horizons mission in July 2015 CE. It was named after the Greek goddess of darkness and night, but spelled Nix to avoid confusion with the asteroid 3908 Nyx

Nix has a diameter of 102 kilometers, mass of 2×1018 kg and an albedo is 4%. It is a rock moon just as Luna is. Nix follows a circular orbit in the same plane as Charon. Its orbital period of 24.9 days is close to a 1:4 orbital resonance with Charon, but the timing discrepancy is 2.7%, which suggests that there is no active resonance. A hypothesis explaining such a near-resonance is that it originated before the outward migration of Charon following the formation of all five moons, and is maintained by the periodic local fluctuation of 9% in the Pluto–Charon gravitational field strength.

From Terra; Nix is slightly fainter than Hydra and 6,300 times fainter than Pluto.

Nix is privately owned by the Nogros family.

== WARNING == Nix is a privately owned moon. Non-Union Fleet craft & ships are not to approach with out pre-clearance from Nix.

