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Sharper Insight into Pluto’s Bladed Terrain


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Scientists Offer Sharper Insight into Pluto’s Bladed Terrain

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Using a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather and a computer simulation of the physics of evaporating ices, scientists have found evidence of snow and ice features on Pluto that, until now, had only been seen on Earth.

Formed by erosion, the features, known as “penitentes,” are bowl-shaped depressions with blade-like spires around the edge that rise several hundreds of feet.

The research, led by John Moores of York University, Toronto, and done in collaboration with scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, indicates that these icy features may also exist on other planets where environmental conditions are similar.

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  • The title was changed to Sharper Insight into Pluto’s Bladed Terrain
9 hours ago, Parsec said:

What a fascinating find. 

What a fascinating (dwarf) planet! 

It certainly is a fascinating and interesting little planet....it's so full of surprises.

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6 hours ago, coolguy said:

Thats cool must be super cold there

Yep - it's gets super duper cold...something like minus 387 degrees Fahrenheit  / or minus 233 degrees Celsius.

So even your special, thermal waffle weaved long john's wont do you any good coolguy.

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If you look closely athe bottom left third there is a Petried Pterodactyl about to attack a petrified puppy.

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If you look closely athe bottom left third there is a Petried Pterodactyl about to attack a petrified puppy. On the Argentine pic that is! Must post this streetcrap1 so he can tell SC Waring.

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