Pluto’s Moons Behave Like Spinning Tops

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Still image from an animation of Pluto's moons. NASA

We know that Pluto is unlike anything we ever imagined, and its family of moons is no exception. Before arriving at the Pluto system, scientists made some predictions about Pluto’s small moons based on data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. Some were pretty spot on, and others were way off. Let’s take a look at what we’ve learned so far about this incredibly interesting and dynamic system.