Everything you need to know about Pluto’s shadow, Charon.
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Join us as we journey to the solar system's frozen edge to explore Pluto’s mysterious companion, Charon. Forming half of the solar system’s most intriguing binary, Charon’s dark surface bears the scars of a violent past, and a bizarre red stain on its pole. Join us to explore everything we know about Charon, the moon that helped to redefine what it means to be a planet.
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0:00 Pluto’s Shadow
1:21 Accidental Discovery
5:18 The Pluto-Charon System
8:42 The Kiss and Capture Theory
13:49 Charon’s Surface
16:33 Cryovolcanoes on Charon
18:50 Mordor Macula: Charon’s Red Spot
21:54 What Charon Has Taught Us
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References:
“Charon: Pluto’s Largest Moon”, via nasa.gov
https://astrumspace.info/charonoverview “The Accidental Discovery of Charon”, via nasa.gov
https://astrumspace.info/charondiscovery “The Dynamics of Pluto’s Satellites”, via iop.org
https://astrumspace.info/plutosatellites “The Pluto-Charon System (NASA Lithograph)”, via nasa.gov
https://astrumspace.info/plutocharon “The ‘Kiss-and-Capture’ Origin of Pluto’s Moon Charon”, via nature.com
https://astrumspace.info/kisscapture “Cracks in Charon Could Indicate an Extinct Underground Ocean”, via nasa.gov
https://astrumspace.info/charoncracks “Charon’s Surface Geology”, via usra.edu
https://astrumspace.info/charongeology “Differentiation and Cryovolcanism in the Pluto–Charon System”, via usra.edu
https://astrumspace.info/charoncryovolc“The Origin of Mordor Macula on Charon”, via ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
https://astrumspace.info/mordormacula “Source of Volatiles on Charon”, via nature.com
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