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The formation of Charon’s red poles from seasonally cold-trapped volatiles

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  • W. M. Grundy

    (Lowell Observatory)

  • D. P. Cruikshank

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • G. R. Gladstone

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • C. J. A. Howett

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • T. R. Lauer

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)

  • J. R. Spencer

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • M. E. Summers

    (George Mason University)

  • M. W. Buie

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • A. M. Earle

    (Massachussetts Institute of Technology)

  • K. Ennico

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • J. Wm. Parker

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • S. B. Porter

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • K. N. Singer

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • S. A. Stern

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • A. J. Verbiscer

    (University of Virginia)

  • R. A. Beyer

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute)

  • R. P. Binzel

    (Massachussetts Institute of Technology)

  • B. J. Buratti

    (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

  • J. C. Cook

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • C. M. Dalle Ore

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute)

  • C. B. Olkin

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • A. H. Parker

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • S. Protopapa

    (University of Maryland)

  • E. Quirico

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG)

  • K. D. Retherford

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • S. J. Robbins

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • B. Schmitt

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG)

  • J. A. Stansberry

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • O. M. Umurhan

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • H. A. Weaver

    (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

  • L. A. Young

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • A. M. Zangari

    (Southwest Research Institute)

  • V. J. Bray

    (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona)

  • A. F. Cheng

    (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

  • W. B. McKinnon

    (Washington University in St Louis)

  • R. L. McNutt

    (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

  • J. M. Moore

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • F. Nimmo

    (University of California, Santa Cruz)

  • D. C. Reuter

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • P. M. Schenk

    (Lunar and Planetary Institute)

Abstract

The unusual dark red coloration of Charon’s northern polar cap is shown to be produced from hydrocarbons that are cold-trapped from Pluto’s escaping atmosphere during winter.

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  • W. M. Grundy & D. P. Cruikshank & G. R. Gladstone & C. J. A. Howett & T. R. Lauer & J. R. Spencer & M. E. Summers & M. W. Buie & A. M. Earle & K. Ennico & J. Wm. Parker & S. B. Porter & K. N. Singer &, 2016. "The formation of Charon’s red poles from seasonally cold-trapped volatiles," Nature, Nature, vol. 539(7627), pages 65-68, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:539:y:2016:i:7627:d:10.1038_nature19340
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19340
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    1. Stephanie M. Menten & Michael M. Sori & Ali M. Bramson, 2022. "Endogenically sourced volatiles on Charon and other Kuiper belt objects," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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