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When were Nix and Hydra discovered?

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Pluto Pluto as observed by the New Horizons spacecraft, July 13, 2015.

A team of nine astronomers discovered the moons Nix and Hydra in 2005. The discovery was made using images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope during a search for small objects orbiting Pluto.1