Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10701634 | Icarus | 2011 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We modeled Pluto's coupled thermal and spin evolution. ⺠Whether Pluto develops an ocean depends on the balance between heat transfer and radiogenic heating. ⺠In most of our models present-day Pluto consists of a convective ice shell without an ocean. ⺠If an ocean never developed a fossil bulge may be expected.
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Authors
Guillaume Robuchon, Francis Nimmo,