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New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles
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RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles
(July 16, 2015 at 12:03 pm)orogenicman Wrote: Another thing to consider is that Pluto has an atmosphere that freezes out during the Plutonian winter, and sublimates during the Plutonian summer.  That can cause erosion which can erase craters and other features.
I don't recall where, but I remember reading a week or so that this phenomenon is questionable after some observations from New Horizons.
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New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by A Theist - July 16, 2015 at 4:16 am
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by pocaracas - July 16, 2015 at 5:03 am
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by ignoramus - July 16, 2015 at 8:41 am
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by orogenicman - July 16, 2015 at 12:03 pm
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by Jackalope - July 16, 2015 at 12:47 pm
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by orogenicman - July 19, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by vorlon13 - July 17, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by vorlon13 - July 18, 2015 at 10:04 am
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by vorlon13 - July 19, 2015 at 2:05 pm
New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by SteelCurtain - July 24, 2015 at 6:17 pm
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by Jackalope - July 24, 2015 at 8:27 pm
RE: New Images Of Pluto From 7,750 Miles - by ignoramus - July 25, 2015 at 2:50 am

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