Pluto and the icy worlds of the Kuiper Belt
Chapter 1
The search for Planet X
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Chapter 2
The heart of Pluto
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Chapter 3
The weird worlds of the Kuiper Belt
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Chapter 4
The great planet debate
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Chapter 5
Beyond the icy frontier
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Pluto and the icy worlds of the Kuiper Belt
Ch 2 · The heart of Pluto
teacher My heart beats cold, heart beats cold, Yeah we're blowing winds through the dark!
Fun Fact
Pluto's giant heart: The heart-shaped glacier on Pluto, Sputnik Planitia, is so massive it is roughly the size of Texas and Oklahoma combined.
Glossary
glacier (noun)
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow. In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft discovered a vast nitrogen glacier within Pluto's bright Tombaugh Regio.
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow. In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft discovered a vast nitrogen glacier within Pluto's bright Tombaugh Regio.