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Charon definition

Cha·ron (ker′ən)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. the boatman who ferries souls of the dead across the river Styx to Hades
  2. the satellite of Pluto: discovered in 1978, it has an orbital period equal to Pluto's rotational period

Etymology: L < Gr Charōn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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