Thursday, 2 June 2016

Pluto's polygons may have been formed by convection

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On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of the quilted appearance of the Sputnik Planum region of the dwarf planet's surface. Researchers have proposed that the polygons seen in the images could be individual Rayleigh--BĂ©nard convection cells.
via Science Daily
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