Mean radius and shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons images
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.027
Abstract: Approach images taken by the LORRI imaging system during the New Horizons spacecraft encounter have been used to determine the mean radii and shapes of Pluto and Charon. The primary observations are limb locations derived… read more here.
Keywords: radius shape; new horizons; mean radius; pluto charon ... See more keywords
Climate zones on Pluto and Charon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.07.023
Abstract: Abstract We give an explanatory description of the unusual “climate zones” on Pluto that arise from its high obliquity (mean 115°) and high amplitude (±12°) of obliquity oscillation over a 2.8 million year period. The… read more here.
Keywords: climate; obliquity; pluto charon; climate zones ... See more keywords
Tidal evolution of the Pluto–Charon binary
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038858
Abstract: A giant collision is believed to be at the origin of the Pluto-Charon system. As a result, the initial orbit and spins after impact may have substantially differed from those observed today. More precisely, the… read more here.
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Organic Components of Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System: Some Results of the New Horizons Mission
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DOI: 10.3390/life10080126
Abstract: The close encounters of the Pluto–Charon system and the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth (formerly 2014 MU69) by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015 and 2019, respectively, have given new perspectives on the most distant planetary… read more here.
Keywords: new horizons; system; solar system; organic components ... See more keywords