Pluto Surface Observations 1: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- 10 Oct 2015 |
Pluto Surface Observations 1: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- 10 Oct 2015 |
Aug 1 2015, 05:53 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
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Aug 16 2015, 01:25 PM
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Not sure if this has been brought up already, but Krun looks much younger than Cthulhu. Krun displays few, if any, well-preserved craters at the current resolution. That said, there are lot of candidates for eroded craters.
This gives me more faith in the idea that the dark equatorial areas to a large extent simply are equatorial highlands (Krun, like Cthulhu, does appear to be elevated above Sputnik), possibly with different origins. Related or not, here are some valleys cutting into Krun: This (western) part of Krun also appears to have a rather rough texture, and appears very young. -------------------- |
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Aug 21 2015, 07:18 PM
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... Related or not, here are some valleys cutting into Krun: This (western) part of Krun also appears to have a rather rough texture, and appears very young. The rought textured areas of Pluto resemble rough textured areas on comet 67p. Recent Rosetta photos show crack patters that look very similar. http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/files/2015/08/Fig.2.jpg While the scale of the cracks is much different, I find it interesting that some studies found that surface N2 ice grains on Triton (and by inference Pluto) should be, on average, around a meter in size. Think mexico's crystal cave or superman's fortress of solitude |
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