SpaceGizmodoabout 2 hours ago
Charon's Weird Mountains Reveal Slowing Rotation
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Charon, Pluto's largest moon, is slowing its rotation from 14.3 hours to 153.3 hours, according to a study in Nature Communications. Researchers used New Horizons data to model how despinning thinned Charon's ice crust from 30-36 kilometers, creating the mountainous Oz Terra region through compression.
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