Researchers find possible source for Charon's red cap
This first-ever depiction of Charon's methane atmosphere using fresh experimental data gives an insight into the origins of this moon's red patch.
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This first-ever depiction of Charon's methane atmosphere using fresh experimental data gives an insight into the origins of this moon's red patch.
Scientists combined data from NASA's New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed
Lab data is combined with NASA New Horizons to identify where Pluto's Moon came from. Pluto's moon, Charon, has a red cap, and there are many possibilities for how it originated according to the many theories brought by studies and other data.