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A Novel ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon, New Study SuggestsResearchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...
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Knewz on MSNPluto's Largest Moon Formed Through ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Redefining Icy Worlds, New Study ExplainsPluto's Largest Moon Formed Through ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Redefining Icy Worlds, New Study Explains Experts postulated a ...
“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...
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Interesting Engineering on MSNPluto’s largest moon formed in a ‘kiss and capture’ event, reveals new studyThis "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.
Now, new research suggests that Pluto and Charon briefly came together billions of years ago in a newly discovered “kiss and capture” collision. Scientists have long theorized that Charon ...
University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...
The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...
Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...
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