New Horizons not only showed humanity what Pluto looks like, but also provided information on the composition of Pluto’s atmosphere and surface. These maps — assembled using data from the Ralph instrument — indicate regions rich in methane (CH4), nitrogen (N2), carbon monoxide (CO) and water (H2O) ices. Sputnik Planitia shows an especially strong signature of nitrogen near the equator. SwRI scientists combined these data with Rosetta’s comet 67P data to develop a proposed “giant comet” model for Pluto formation. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
1 posted on
09/30/2018 12:37:24 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Where’s Dr Velikovsky when we need him?
6 posted on
09/30/2018 12:44:10 AM PDT by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: SunkenCiv
My definition of a planet: whatever the professionals say and not those who have nostalgic feelings for a tiny ball of ice they’ll never even see themselves.
To: SunkenCiv
"Scientists introduce cosmochemical model for Pluto formation"
Does that mean that Pluto is just like, a bad trip, man?
18 posted on
09/30/2018 8:07:44 PM PDT by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: SunkenCiv
21 posted on
09/30/2018 8:32:53 PM PDT by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
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