Reorientation and faulting of Pluto due to volatile loading within Sputnik Planitia

James T. Keane (), Isamu Matsuyama, Shunichi Kamata and Jordan K. Steckloff
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James T. Keane: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Isamu Matsuyama: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Shunichi Kamata: Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University
Jordan K. Steckloff: Purdue University, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7631, 90-93

Abstract: The location of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto is shown to result from volatiles sequestered within the basin forcing the reorientation of the dwarf planet, as supported by the planet-wide fault network.

Date: 2016
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