Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			J.W. Christy, 1978
Original name & spelling	:			Marsden, B.G. (ed.) 1986. IAU Circ. (4157)

Eponymous persons

Charon: ["Χάρων"] Greek mythology: an old man who ferried the souls of the dead across the Rivers Styx and Acheron to Hades.

Temporary name

1978 P1 (Moon)

Ref: B.G. Marsden (ed.), 1986 [new]

Senior homonym (allowed)

Charon (Genus) Karsch, 1879

Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 28 Sep 2013.