Charon has Geysers too |
Charon has Geysers too |
 Jul 18 2007, 04:08 PM
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The only mechanism that explained the data was cryovolcanism, the eruption of liquids and gases in an ultra-cold environment. This action could be occurring on timescales as short as a few hours or days, and at levels that would recoat Charon to a depth of one millimeter every 100,000 years. ---------- - Charon: An Ice Machine in the Ultimate Deep Freeze -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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Jul 18 2007, 05:42 PM
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Very interesting! Okay...so now I am confused. Occultation data suggests the presence of a large impact basin on Charon's leading hemisphere and now we see that there is geologic activity on this world. Maybe this moon is kinda like Dione, most an ancient surface with numerous fractures that penetrate down to some liquid water/ammonia pocket in the interior.
Hopefully, they can determine the likely longitudes for active locations. Maybe NH's trajectory can be adjusted to image these areas. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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