Leader of the borough council, councillor Peter Charon, said he was pleased with the response.

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And it's not even that Pluto's twin, Charon, is going to be a planet too.

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Despite their proximity, Pluto and Charon are covered with bright frosts of differing compositions.

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"They both want to see each other get through this, " says Charon Rivers, the lance corporal's mother.

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We've known about Charon for years and it was only a matter of time before it was elevated.

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Water-ice covers Charon, while Pluto's surface is predominantly nitrogen frost with traces of methane and carbon monoxide ices.

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Like Pluto's three other moons, Charon, Nix and Hydra, they need to be assigned names derived from Greek or Roman mythology.

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The NEJM article by Professor Rita Charon argued that health care professionals and patients are increasingly recognizing the importance of the stories they tell one another of illness.

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Experts say it was customary to place a coin in the mouth of an inhumation as a fare for the ferryman Charon for safe passage across the River Styx in the afterlife.

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Charon, Pluto's largest moon, is named after the ferryman who carried the souls of the newly deceased across the River Styx, which divided the world of the living from that of the dead.

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They are: Charon, Hydra and Nix.

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