Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a subsurface ocean on Pluto

F. Nimmo (), D. P. Hamilton, W. B. McKinnon, P. M. Schenk, R. P. Binzel, C. J. Bierson, R. A. Beyer, J. M. Moore, S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, C. B. Olkin, L. A. Young and K. E. Smith
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F. Nimmo: University of California Santa Cruz
D. P. Hamilton: University of Maryland
W. B. McKinnon: Washington University in St Louis
P. M. Schenk: Lunar and Planetary Institute
R. P. Binzel: Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. J. Bierson: University of California Santa Cruz
R. A. Beyer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
J. M. Moore: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
S. A. Stern: Southwest Research Institute
H. A. Weaver: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
C. B. Olkin: Southwest Research Institute
L. A. Young: Southwest Research Institute
K. E. Smith: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field

Nature, 2016, vol. 540, issue 7631, 94-96

Abstract: To explain the position of the Sputnik Planitia basin on Pluto, the feature would need to have formed via impact and Pluto would need to have a subsurface ocean.

Date: 2016
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