Extensional Faults on Pluto (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Extensional Faults on Pluto

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Extensional faults (arrows) on the surface of Pluto indicate expansion of the dwarf planet's icy crust, attributed to freezing of a subsurface ocean.

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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker

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