The Pluto System After New Horizons
SA Stern, WM Grundy, WB McKinnon… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The New Horizons (NH) flyby of the Pluto–Charon binary planet and its system of four small
surrounding satellites in mid-2015 revolutionized our knowledge of this distant planet and its …
surrounding satellites in mid-2015 revolutionized our knowledge of this distant planet and its …
Planetary caves: A solar system view of processes and products
JJ Wynne, JE Mylroie, TN Titus… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We provide the first solar system wide compendium of speleogenic processes and products.
An examination of 15 solar system bodies revealed that six cave‐forming processes occur …
An examination of 15 solar system bodies revealed that six cave‐forming processes occur …
Impact craters on Pluto and Charon indicate a deficit of small Kuiper belt objects
The flyby of Pluto and Charon by the New Horizons spacecraft provided high-resolution
images of cratered surfaces embedded in the Kuiper belt, an extensive region of bodies …
images of cratered surfaces embedded in the Kuiper belt, an extensive region of bodies …
Topography and geology of Uranian mid-sized icy satellites in comparison with Saturnian and Plutonian satellites
PM Schenk, JM Moore - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Newly processed global imaging and topographic map** of Uranus's five major satellites
reveal differences and similarities to mid-sized satellites at Saturn and Pluto. Three modes of …
reveal differences and similarities to mid-sized satellites at Saturn and Pluto. Three modes of …
Evidence for a hot start and early ocean formation on Pluto
CJ Bierson, F Nimmo, SA Stern - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
Pluto is thought to possess a present-day ocean beneath a thick ice shell. It has generally
been assumed that Pluto accreted from cold material and then later developed its ocean due …
been assumed that Pluto accreted from cold material and then later developed its ocean due …
New global topography of Enceladus: Hypsometry, basins, spherical harmonics, shell thickness, and true polar wander revisited
PM Schenk, WB McKinnon - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
A new global high-resolution stereogrammetric and photogrammetric topographic map and
updated 3-color global mosaic of Enceladus reveal that the shape of this active icy ocean …
updated 3-color global mosaic of Enceladus reveal that the shape of this active icy ocean …
A note on the possibility of subsurface oceans on the Uranian satellites
CJ Bierson, F Nimmo - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
We use an existing thermal evolution model to assess the plausibility of subsurface oceans
on the moons of Uranus. We adopt a conservative approach neglecting tidal heating and …
on the moons of Uranus. We adopt a conservative approach neglecting tidal heating and …
Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto
Abstract The New Horizons spacecraft returned images and compositional data showing
that terrains on Pluto span a variety of ages, ranging from relatively ancient, heavily cratered …
that terrains on Pluto span a variety of ages, ranging from relatively ancient, heavily cratered …
Lower atmosphere and pressure evolution on Pluto from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988–2016
Context. The tenuous nitrogen (N 2) atmosphere on Pluto undergoes strong seasonal effects
due to high obliquity and orbital eccentricity, and has recently (July 2015) been observed by …
due to high obliquity and orbital eccentricity, and has recently (July 2015) been observed by …
Bolometric hemispherical albedo map of Pluto from New Horizons observations
JD Hofgartner, BJ Buratti, RA Beyer… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The New Horizons encounter with the Pluto system revealed Pluto to have an
extremely spatially variable surface with expansive dark, bright, and intermediate terrains …
extremely spatially variable surface with expansive dark, bright, and intermediate terrains …