[Vo]:Evidence of LENR activity on Charon

[Axil Axil]

Pluto’s moon Charon shows fractured surface, signs of recent activity
A massive canyon borders a relatively crater-free plane.

by John Timmer  - Oct 2, 2015
3:10pm EDT

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The latest photos to come beaming down from New Horizons aren't focused on
Pluto; instead, they target the dwarf planet's largest moon, Charon. Charon
is the largest moon relative to its planet in the entire Solar System, but
that still means it's quite small, at about 1,200 kilometers across.
So it's even less likely than Pluto to have retained enough heat to be
geologically active.

And that's not just Ars saying that. Ross Beyer of NASA Ames Research
Center was quoted in a statement as saying, “We thought the probability of
seeing such interesting features on this satellite of a world at the far
edge of our Solar System was low.”


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But Charon had a number of significant surprises in store. Chief among
them: a canyon/fracture system that stretches across the entire face of the
moon and presumably extends to the far side. That means it's easily in
excess of 1,200km long. NASA says that makes the system over four times as
long as the Grand Canyon, and it's twice as deep in spots. "It looks like
the entire crust of Charon has been split open,” said John Spencer of the
Southwest Research Institute.

South of the fracture, the terrain becomes relatively crater-poor,
indicating a recent remodeling of the surface there. That in turn implies
some source of internal heat in Charon, just as there appears to be in
Pluto. The nature of that source is undoubtedly the subject of intense
speculation among planetary scientists.

Higher resolution images of Charon, along with data on its composition, are
still sitting onboard New Horizons. So a clearer picture of the body will
quite literally emerge later this year or early next.

*Listing image by NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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Re: [Vo]:Evidence of LENR activity on Charon

[Stephen Cooke]

I wonder if they can detect isotope ratios from an analysis of water ice or 
atmosphere from Pluto and Charon. That could be interesting

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> On 01 Feb 2016, at 22:27, Axil Axil  wrote:
> 
> PLUTO’S MOON CHARON SHOWS FRACTURED SURFACE, SIGNS OF RECENT ACTIVITY
> 
> A massive canyon borders a relatively crater-free plane.
> 
> by John Timmer - Oct 2, 2015 3:10pm EDT
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> The latest photos to come beaming down from New Horizons aren't focused on 
> Pluto; instead, they target the dwarf planet's largest moon, Charon. Charon 
> is the largest moon relative to its planet in the entire Solar System, but 
> that still means it's quite small, at about 1,200 kilometers across. So it's 
> even less likely than Pluto to have retained enough heat to be geologically 
> active.
> 
> And that's not just Ars saying that. Ross Beyer of NASA Ames Research Center 
> was quoted in a statement as saying, “We thought the probability of seeing 
> such interesting features on this satellite of a world at the far edge of our 
> Solar System was low.”
> 
> 
> 
> But Charon had a number of significant surprises in store. Chief among them: 
> a canyon/fracture system that stretches across the entire face of the moon 
> and presumably extends to the far side. That means it's easily in excess of 
> 1,200km long. NASA says that makes the system over four times as long as the 
> Grand Canyon, and it's twice as deep in spots. "It looks like the entire 
> crust of Charon has been split open,” said John Spencer of the Southwest 
> Research Institute.
> 
> South of the fracture, the terrain becomes relatively crater-poor, indicating 
> a recent remodeling of the surface there. That in turn implies some source of 
> internal heat in Charon, just as there appears to be in Pluto. The nature of 
> that source is undoubtedly the subject of intense speculation among planetary 
> scientists.
> 
> Higher resolution images of Charon, along with data on its composition, are 
> still sitting onboard New Horizons. So a clearer picture of the body will 
> quite literally emerge later this year or early next.
> 
> Listing image by NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI