One question Ron, the Barry Centre of most satellites are below the surface of its parent planet, like the barry centre of our satellite - moon is below the surface of earth. However the same is not true in case of Charon and Pluto. Here the barry centre is several meters above the surface of Pluto.
Manoj --- Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/pluto_formation_050127.html > > Pluto Hit By Twin to Create Moon, Study Suggests > By Robert Roy Britt > space.com > 27 January 2005 > > Pluto might have been hit long ago by a virtual twin > in a collision that > created the ninth planet's moon Charon, according to > a new computer > simulation. > > An animation of the suspected impact is available > here > <http://www.swri.org/press/plutocharon.htm>. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
