article_snippet.sent: The latest image of Pluto and Charon was captured by the Ralph camera on the spacecraft from a distance equivalent to the sun to Venus.
article_snippet.sent: The image shows Pluto with a sort of reddish colour and Charon - which is just over half the size of Pluto - considerably dimmer.
article_snippet.sent: The distance between Pluto and Charon is 12,200 miles (19,640 km).
article_snippet.sent: The moon Charon's orbit around Pluto takes 6.4 Earth days.
article_snippet.sent: The moon Charon neither rises nor sets, but hovers over the same spot on Pluto's surface.
article_snippet.sent: The same side of The moon Charon always faces Pluto - this is called tidal locking.
article_snippet.sent: Compared with most of the planets and moons, the Pluto-Charon system is tipped on the Pluto-Charon system side.
article_snippet.sent: Currently, even with New Horizons closer to Pluto than Earth is to the sun, the Pluto-Charon system resembles little more than bright dots in the distance.