The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

SA Stern, F Bagenal, K Ennico, GR Gladstone… - Science, 2015 - science.org
… We conclude from this that Pluto does not record significant shape evidence of an early,
high-spin period after Pluto-Charon binary formation (7), presumably because it was warm and …

The Pluto System After New Horizons

SA Stern, WM Grundy, WB McKinnon… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Pluto's system of four small satellites orbiting outside of Charon is itself dynamically … about
the Pluto system before NH and what it has taught us about the Pluto system specifically and, …

[HTML][HTML] The satellite of Pluto

JW Christy, RS Harrington - … Journal, vol. 83, Aug. 1978, p …, 1978 - adsabs.harvard.edu
… Verification was then sought on plates of Pluto taken previously for other projects. Plates
had been taken … This elongation corresponds to 17 000 km at the distance of Pluto, a factor …

PLUTO: a numerical code for computational astrophysics

A Mignone, G Bodo, S Massaglia… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new numerical code, PLUTO, for the solution of hypersonic flows in 1, 2, and 3
spatial dimensions and different systems of coordinates. The code provides a multiphysics, …

The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons

GR Gladstone, SA Stern, K Ennico, CB Olkin… - Science, 2016 - science.org
… have revolutionized our understanding of Pluto’s atmosphere. The … Pluto than predicted
and so has important implications for the volatile recycling and the long-term evolution of Pluto

The New Horizons Pluto Kuiper belt mission: an overview with historical context

SA Stern - Space Science Reviews, 2008 - Springer
… the Pluto system over an 8-month period beginning in early 2015. Following its exploration
of the Pluto … ) called Triton which is in the same size class as the small planets Eris and Pluto. …

Surface ices and the atmospheric composition of Pluto

TC Owen, TL Roush, DP Cruikshank, JL Elliot… - Science, 1993 - science.org
… From the mutual eclipses and transits of Pluto and Charon observed in the 1980s, we adopt
the radii of Pluto and Charon as 1142 and 596 km, respectively. The area ratio of Pluto to …

Discovery of two new satellites of Pluto

HA Weaver, SA Stern, MJ Mutchler, AJ Steffl, MW Buie… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
… also reinforces the conclusion that P1 and P2 are associated with the Pluto system. Using
the known mass of the Pluto system and Kepler's third law, we derive orbital periods of 38.2 ± …

On the origin of Triton and Pluto

WB McKinnon - Nature, 1984 - nature.com
Lyttleton hypothesized long ago that Triton and Pluto originated as adjacent prograde
satellites of Neptune 1 . With the presently accepted masses of Triton and Pluto–Charon 2,3 , …

Surface compositions across Pluto and Charon

WM Grundy, RP Binzel, BJ Buratti, JC Cook… - Science, 2016 - science.org
… at Pluto surface temperatures. Ices of H 2 O and NH 3 are inert components known to exist
on Pluto’… designed to map colors and compositions in the Pluto system. It consists of a charge-…