Comments (Pronunciation Only)
One of the discoverers (James Christy) of the moon Charon named the moon in honor of his wife, Charlene. Not knowing the pronunciation of Charon, he based the pronunciation off of the first half of his wife's name -- Char (prn. Shar) -- making it pronounced Shar-on. The moon has continued to be known by this pronunciation since that day in 1978.
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Pronounced CARE-ohn. Never SHAR-on, that was Chiron the centaur that trained heroes in Greek mythology.
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Another way to pronounce this name is shar-on.
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Pronounced KAIR-ahn.
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