Pluto's Antipodal Terrains Imply a Thick Subsurface Ocean and Hydrated Core

Abstract Recent analysis of New Horizons data revealed an ∼1,000‐km‐diameter region of large‐scale lineations antipodal to Sputnik Planitia, the 1,200 × 2,000 km elliptical impact basin on Pluto's anti‐Charon hemisphere. At the available resolution, these lineations are similar to antipodal ter...

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Main Authors: C. Adeene Denton, Brandon C. Johnson, Shigeru Wakita, Andrew M. Freed, H. Jay Melosh, S. Alan Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091596
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