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(1,620 posts) Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:03 PM Jul 2015

Scientists puzzle over Pluto’s polygons

So cool. We need to invest more in scientific pursuits like this and stop wasting so much money on "defense."

Scientists puzzle over Pluto’s polygons
Source: Raw Story

New pictures relayed by the first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto show odd polygon-shaped features and smooth hills in an crater-free plain, indications that the icy world is geologically active, New Horizons scientists said on Friday.

“We had no idea that Pluto would have a geologically young surface,” said lead researcher Alan Stern, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. “It’s a wonderful surprise.”

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Scientists puzzle over Pluto’s polygons (Original Post) EEO Jul 2015 OP

That is strange. It's like mud. nt bemildred Jul 2015 #1

Polygons!!!???? navarth Jul 2015 #2

It's interesting that there are no meteor impact craters or marks at all. copernicusrev Jul 2015 #3

I think there may be some tidal effects from all those moons going around. bemildred Jul 2015 #4

bemildred

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1. That is strange. It's like mud. nt

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 03:11 PM

Jul 2015

navarth

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2. Polygons!!!????

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 04:08 PM

Jul 2015

IT'S A FAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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copernicusrev

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3. It's interesting that there are no meteor impact craters or marks at all.

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:58 PM

Jul 2015

Why wasn't it hit by any meteors or asteroids?

bemildred

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4. I think there may be some tidal effects from all those moons going around.

Reply to copernicusrev (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 05:38 AM

Jul 2015

They said they follow a repeating pattern, the orbits, and the back and forth pull can do strange things over cosmological time.

Anyway, it suggests vibration patterns to me.

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