Pluto's polygons may have been formed by convection
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 21:00
in Astronomy & Space
On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of the quilted appearance of the Sputnik Planum region of the dwarf planet's surface. Researchers have proposed that the polygons seen in the images could be individual Rayleigh--Bénard convection cells.