Pluto's structure and composition suggest origin in the solar, not a planetary, nebula

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Sep 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988natur.335..240m&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 335, Sept. 15, 1988, p. 240-243. Research supported by NASA.

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Planetary Composition, Planetary Nebulae, Planetary Structure, Pluto (Planet), Solar Corona, Charon, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Systems, Solar System

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Pluto is probably a differntiated object whose icy mantle is entirely in the ice-I stability field. Of four explanations for Pluto's large rock/ice ratio - formation in the inner Solar System, volatile loss during accretion, volatile loss during the large-body impact that created Charon, and formation as a large, ice-poor outer Solar System planetesimal - the authors show that only the last two are feasible, and that the depletion of water ice in Pluto is so severe that both explanations may be necessary. See also 101.041.

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