New data compare, contrast Pluto's icy moons
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 05:31
in Astronomy & Space
A newly downlinked spectral observation of Pluto's moon Nix from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft provides compelling evidence that its surface is covered in water ice, similar to what the New Horizons team discovered recently for another of Pluto's small satellites, Hydra. This new result provides further clues about the formation of Pluto's satellite system.