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To: ETL

Tides pushing all the ice around!!


8 posted on 11/30/2015 1:01:34 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris
"Tombaugh Regio is a large, light-colored region about 1,590 km (990 mi) across.[1]

The two lobes of the feature are geologically distinct. The western lobe, Sputnik Planum, is smoother than the eastern, and they are of slightly different colors.[10]

Early speculation was that the western lobe may be a large impact crater filled with nitrogen snow. Bright spots within the region were initially speculated to be mountain peaks.[11]

Photos, released on 15 July 2015, revealed 3,400 m (11,000 ft) mountains made of water ice in the feature; they also revealed no craters in this same region, suggesting that the 'heart' is less than 100 million years old and thus that Pluto is probably geologically active.[12]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombaugh_Regio#Description

13 posted on 11/30/2015 1:10:34 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: SaveFerris
Tides pushing all the ice around!

OK, I actually hadn't known Pluto was largely covered in ice, or that it had an atmosphere, although a very thin one. In any case, the volcanism created by tidal forces on those moons I referred to around other planets all involved giant/massive planets like Jupiter and Saturn and their moons. I doubt the tidal forces between Pluto and Charon would create much if any frictional heat.

20 posted on 11/30/2015 1:45:14 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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