A mixture of rock and water ice dominates Ceres» landscape, while methane and
nitrogen ices cover Pluto.
Not exact matches
Although Charon is close in size to Pluto, it appears
covered with water
ice, whereas Pluto appears much redder and is blanketed in frozen
nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide.
Instead, they appear bright white, more like the regions of Pluto
covered in
nitrogen ice, according to work presented at an American Astronomical Society meeting on 17 October by Will Grundy at the Lowell Observatory and Orkan M. Umurhan at the SETI Institute.
Pluto and Eris share a very similar planetary surface, that is mostly
covered in
nitrogen ice with a small amount of methane
ice (more).
Eris and Pluto share a very similar planetary surface, that is mostly
covered in
nitrogen ice with a small amount of methane
ice (more).