A new theory proposes that Pluto’s largest moon ... Astronomers have discovered 11 objects beyond the Kuiper Belt, suggesting the existence of a second belt, dubbed "Kuiper Belt 2." ...

Additionally, 80% of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt have a large object rotating them like the Pluto-Charon dynamic, and "kiss and capture" events could have occurred in this region in ...

New research suggests that billions of years ago, Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon ... The team behind this research thinks that two frigid worlds located in the Kuiper Belt, a ring of ...

Eight of the 10 largest Kuiper Belt Objects have large moons like Charon, Denton said, which means that “kiss and capture” collisions may have occurred across the Kuiper Belt as the solar ...

New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of ... big question since a bunch of other large Kuiper Belt Objects also have large moons, so it seems like ...

and Glaciation on Cratering Records of Pluto's Largest Moon Charon: Implications for the Evolution of Kuiper Belt Objects', Earth and Planetary Physics, 6 (6) pages 495–521 (2022) https ...

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are celestial bodies located in the outer solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. This region, known as the Kuiper Belt, is home to a diverse array of icy bodies ...

12, 2024 — A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and ... on the frozen surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, using observations from ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.