Sentences with phrase «bladed terrain»
Identifying the nature of the exotic bladed terrain also brings us a step closer to understanding the global topography of Pluto.
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A team led by New Horizons team member Jeffrey Moore, a research scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, has determined that formation of the bladed terrain begins with methane freezing out of the atmosphere at extreme altitudes on Pluto, in the same way frost freezes on the ground on Earth, or even in your freezer.