Evidence supports 'hot start' scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto

ScienceDaily
Jun 22, 2020, 1:29 pm132 pts
The accretion of new material during Pluto's formation may have generated enough heat to create a liquid ocean that has persisted beneath an icy crust to the present day. This 'hot start' scenario contrasts with the traditional view of Pluto's origins as a ball of frozen ice and rock in which radioactive decay…

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