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In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon is the ferryman of the Greek underworld. He transports the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the river that borders the underworld. Archaeolo
Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC
Charon and his boat on a funerary relief, ca 320s BC, KAMA.
Charon with punt pole standing in his boat, receiving Hermes psychopompos who leads a deceased woman. Thanatos Painter, ca. 430 BC
Charon as depicted by Michelangelo in his fresco The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel
Charon (moon)
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Charon, formal designation Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. It has a mean radius of 606 km. Charon is a planetary-mass moon and the sixth-largest
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…Statius, name the river as the Styx, perhaps following the geography of Virgil's underworld in the Aeneid, where Charon is associated with both rivers. Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, is named after him. The hadrosaurid Charonosaurus is named in Charon's honor because it was found along…
Charon's discovery at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station as a time-varying bulge on the image of Pluto (seen near the top at left, but absent on the right). Negative image.
Size comparisons: Earth, the Moon, and Charon
Comparison between Pluto's Sputnik Planitia and Charon's informally named Vulcan Planitia
Charon's night side seen by New Horizons