Abstract
Speckle observations of the satellite of Pluto are used to determine the orbital radius and mass of the Pluto-satellite system. Resolved images of the planet and its satellite were obtained by the speckle interferometer on the 3.6-m Mauna Kea reflector. From position angles obtained from elongated images taken over the last 15 years, two speckle measures and the separation obtained with the USNO electrographic cameras, a circular satellite orbit with a radius of 19,700 + or - 300 km is obtained, with a period of 6.3871 + or - 0.0002 days, inclination of 94 + or - 3 deg, node on the equator of 221 + or - 3 deg and true anomaly on January 31, 1982 of 75 + or - 8 deg. Results lead to an inverse mass of the system of 1.34 + or - 0.07 x 10 to the 8th.
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