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"Kiss and capture": New theory explains how Pluto captured its biggest moon
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 ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
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.
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
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 ...
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How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging ... "It's a pretty big question since a bunch of other large Kuiper Belt Objects also have large moons, so it ...
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Scientists stunned after learning Pluto and its biggest moon collided billions of years ago: ‘Raises a lot of interesting questions’
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 ...