Unlike how scientists believe Earth's moon formed billions of years ago, Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, didn't have a ...
Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...
“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...
New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.
Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...
"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where ...
Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.
Pluto and Charon's origin story has been rewritten by a recent study, revealing they formed from a unique "kiss and capture" ...
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Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...
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