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Journal Article
Vigorous convection as the explanation for Pluto's polygonal terrain
2016
Overview
A parameterized convection model and observations of the puzzling polygons of the Sputnik Planum region of Pluto are used to compute the Rayleigh number of its nitrogen ice and show that it is vigorously convecting, kilometres thick and about a million years old.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
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