Pluto Predictions, What will NH find? |
Pluto Predictions, What will NH find? |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 ![]() |
Dunes.
And basins. Maybe not as thoroughly chemically processed as Titan's basins, but basins. What do you think New Horizons will find at Pluto? How will Pluto surprise us? -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 ![]() |
I'm not so sure that Pluto is inactive. Observations by the Gemini Observatory in 2007 suggest that Charon may have cryo-volcanos. Since the two objects are tidally locked and relatively close in mass, I wonder to what extent they keep each other geologically active. It certainly will be interesting to see what plays out!
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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