Pluto may have captured its biggest moon after an ancient dance and kiss
Pluto and Charon are in a region of the outer solar system beyond Neptune called the Kuiper belt, which makes them both rocky and icy. By including these properties in their model, the research team devised a scenario in which the two bodies collided and became ensnared without merging.
They needed some space. New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a harmless collision. The report, published in “Nature ...
Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, it’s a dwarf planet, however, it still has five moons. Now astronomers say they ...
New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.
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