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Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a Subsurface Ocean on Pluto
F. Nimmo, D. P. Hamilton, W. B. McKinnon P. M. Schenk +60
The deep nitrogen-covered Sputnik Planitia (SP; informal name) basin on Pluto is located very close to the longitude of Pluto's tidal axis[1] and may be an impact feature [2], by a…
astro-ph.EP2019★ 124 cited
Convection in a volatile nitrogen-ice-rich layer drives Pluto's geological vigor
William B. McKinnon, Francis Nimmo, Teresa Wong +61
The vast, deep, volatile-ice-filled basin informally named Sputnik Planum is central to Pluto's geological activity[1,2]. Composed of molecular nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxi…