Pluto System Small Moons: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- TBD |
Pluto System Small Moons: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 1 Aug 2015- TBD |
Aug 1 2015, 06:07 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This topic is for discussion of data on Nix, Hydra, Styx, and Kerberos (as well as any other small bodies that may be discovered) received after 1 Aug 2015.
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Dec 19 2015, 09:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
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Dec 20 2015, 05:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
This might make Nix the most densely cratered terrain that we've seen on any world farther out than Saturn? Potentially interesting for establishing cratering rates.
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Dec 20 2015, 09:18 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-February 12 Member No.: 6336 |
Since more than one satellite of Pluto is thought to be a merger of two bodies, or possibly more. So at some point there might also have been a lot of smaller pieces flying around, in view of that I find the cratering of Nix to be more or less what to expect.
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