How many moons does Pluto have?

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Pluto possesses five known moons.123

The largest of these is Charon, which is roughly half the size of Pluto. The other four moons—Hydra, Nix, Kerberos, and Styx—are significantly smaller and were discovered in the 21st century using the Hubble Space Telescope.134