Bladed Terrain on Pluto: Possible Origins and EvolutionWe conclude that Bladed Terrain on Pluto is a deposit of massive CH4, which preferentially precipitates at high elevations, and has since its initial formation, undergone episodes of sublimation erosion that has given this deposit its characteristic texture.
Document ID
20170010331
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Moore, J. M. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Howard, A. D. (Virginia Univ. United States)
Umurhan, O. M. (Universities Space Research Association Houston, TX, United States)
White, O. L. (Universities Space Research Association Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Schenk, P. M. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Beyer, R. A. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Grundy, W. M. (Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Young, L. A. (Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Stern, S. A. (Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Weaver, H. A. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Olkin, C. B. (Southwest Research Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Ennico, K. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)