Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly ...

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“The only comparable system is Earth and its moon ... “If Charon deposited some of its rock into Pluto, you would be able to see that in gravity data,” said Dr. Denton.

These bodies separated relatively quickly but remained orbitally linked to create the Pluto/Charon system we see today ... makes it much more similar to the Earth's moon than any other moon ...

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“Something big hits Pluto, and you get Charon, but like with the Earth-moon system ... Denton seeks to see how the principles at play affect other Kuiper Belt objects, such as the dwarf planets ...

the Earth-Moon model doesn’t quite work. Instead, the simulations propose that Pluto and Charon briefly stuck together after colliding and separated into the two planetary bodies we see today. "Most ...