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Charon belt (in light blue). Courtesy of NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI.

New research sheds light on the formation of the tectonic belt around Pluto's moon Charon

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Pluto's moons

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Prof. Nitzan Zohar. Photo: Technion

Technion researchers have proposed a model for finding new moons for Pluto, awaiting New Horizons photographs

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This visualization shows the chaotic whirl of the holiday moon Nix around Pluto. The series of computer simulations shows how the direction of the moon changes according to the unpredictable complex dynamic rules as it orbits the double planet - Pluto-Charon.

Pluto's small moons Nix and Hydra swirl chaotically around themselves

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