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VLT discovers Pluto's atmosphere is warmer than expected.
Quite a find.
What I wonder about this find, is if variations globally could be mapped, i.e if Pluto has active cryovolcanism. Also could these observations be used to see if there is a transfer of gas between Pluto & Charon?
Could the same VLT observations be carried out on the largest currently known KBO Eris?
New Horizons will answer the cryovolcanism question for sure as a large part of Pluto’s surface will be imaged at high resolution (Charon’s too).
Andrew Brown.
Quite a find.
What I wonder about this find, is if variations globally could be mapped, i.e if Pluto has active cryovolcanism. Also could these observations be used to see if there is a transfer of gas between Pluto & Charon?
Could the same VLT observations be carried out on the largest currently known KBO Eris?
New Horizons will answer the cryovolcanism question for sure as a large part of Pluto’s surface will be imaged at high resolution (Charon’s too).
Andrew Brown.