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| Name of satellite | Nix |
| Planet of origin | Pluto |
| Discovered by | Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team |
| Date of discovery | 15 June 2005 |
Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto. It was discovered along with Hydra (Pluto's outermost satellite) in June 2005. It was imaged along with Pluto and its other moons by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew by the Pluto system in July 2015. Of the four small Plutonian moons the best pictures are of Nix, with resolutions as high as 330 meters per pixel.