# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-w-christy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:08.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-w-christy"
name: "James W. Christy"
slug: "james-w-christy"
description: "James Walter \"Jim\" Christy is an American astronomer known for discovering Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto."
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image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Christy_(1978).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1938-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump