Pluto has Snowcapped Mountains, But Why?

Pluto has Snowcapped Mountains, But Why?
By Evan Gough

We can thank NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft for opening our eyes up to Pluto’s complexity. On July 14th, 2015, the spacecraft came within 12,500 km (7,800 mi) of the dwarf planet. During the flyby, New Horizons was able to characterize Pluto’s atmosphere and its surface. Among the things New Horizons saw was a region of snowcapped mountains. …

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October 17, 2020 at 12:11AM
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