NASA's New Horizons Focuses On Pluto's Largest Moon Charon

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:59AM from the one-piece-of-silver dept.

MarkWhittington writes: New Horizons has already discovered much of what was previously unknown about Pluto, the dwarf planet that is the former ninth planet from the sun. NASA reported that the space probe has also uncovered some of the secrets of Pluto's largest moon, Charon. It has found indications of impact craters on the moon's gray surface as well as a chasm that seems to be bigger than the Grand Canyon on Earth. Charon has a diameter of just 1440 miles. By contrast, Earth has a diameter of 7918 miles.

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Re: Bigger than the Grand Canyon Taller than Evere by Anonymous Coward · 2015-07-13 07:01 · Score: 0, Troll

That planet doesn't have a thick atmosphere and water to wear down features
The republicans must be conflicted by this. On one hand, their kind loves corporate welfare. On the other, most of them don't believe in other planets.