Friday 19 February 2016

New data suggests Charon was fractured by massive, subsurface ocean

Charon-Moon
Pluto's moon Charon is broken and fractured and now we think we know why. A subsurface ocean that existed when the moon was young may have frozen later, deforming the surface of the planet.

from ExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/223328-new-data-suggests-charon-was-fractured-by-massive-subsurface-ocean

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