Charon, in mythology

Charon, in Greek mythology: see Hades 1 The ruler of the underworld: see Pluto .

2 The world of the dead, ruled by Pluto and Persephone, located either underground or in the far west beyond the inhabited regions.
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Charon, in astronomy

Charon, in astronomy, the natural satellite, or moon, of Pluto Pluto, in astronomy, a dwarf planet and the first Kuiper belt, or transneptunian, object (see comet ) to be discovered (1930) by astronomers. Pluto has an elliptical orbit usually lying beyond that of Neptune .
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Charon

In Greek mythology, the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), whose duty it was to ferry the souls of the dead across the Rivers Styx and Acheron, his payment being the coin placed in the mouth of the corpse before burial. He continues in modern Greek folklore as Charos, or Charontas, the angel of death.

Charon

ferries dead across the river Styx. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 147; Ital. Lit.: Inferno.]

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