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An Ocean On Pluto’s Moon? Hopeful Scientists Will Keep An Eye Out For Cracks
Artist impression of Pluto and Charon (NASA)
It’s a lot of speculation right now, but the buzz in a new NASA study is Pluto’s largest moon (Charon) could have a cracked surface.
If the New Horizons mission catches these cracks when it whizzes by in 2015, this could hint at an ocean underneath the lunar surface — just like what we talk about with Europa (near Jupiter) and Enceladus (near Saturn). But don’t get too excited — it’s also possible Charon had an ocean, but it froze out over time.
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© Elizabeth Howell for Universe Today, 2014. |
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