Geek Fact for June 22nd

By Judy Novotny / 06/22/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1978, Pluto’s moon, Charon, was discovered by James Christy.

Charon is almost half the size of Pluto. The little moon is so big that Pluto and Charon are sometimes referred to as a double dwarf planet system.

Learn more at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Plu_Charon

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.