Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss The New York TimesCapture of an ancient Charon around Pluto Nature.com‘Kiss and capture’: scientists offer new theory on how Pluto got its largest moon The GuardianHow Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss' Space.comImage of the week: Pluto and Charon's fascinating embrace Le Monde
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- Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.
01/8/2025 - 10:40 am | View Link - 'Kiss and capture': Scientists propose new explanation for Charon, Pluto's largest moon
Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more similar to the Earth-moon system than any other moon in the solar system.
01/8/2025 - 6:40 am | View Link - New "Kiss-and-Capture" Theory Explains Pluto's Formation of Largest Moon, Charon
A new theory has emerged to explain how Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon, billions of years ago through a unique "kiss-and-capture" collision. The process, proposed by researchers, ...
01/7/2025 - 6:12 pm | View Link - Study: Pluto captured its moon with a ‘kiss’
Pluto and its moon Charon's meeting may be traced to a "kiss-and-capture" collision between the two. (CN) — The question of how Pluto captured its moon Charon may have been answered, thanks to new ...
01/6/2025 - 4:49 am | View Link - How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" ...
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