Impacts of thrusting, extensional faulting, and glaciation on cratering records of Pluto’s largest moon Charon: Implications for the evolution of Kuiper belt objects by HanZhang Chen, An Yin

“…Among all of the imaged KBOs, Pluto’s largest icy moon, Charon, appears to preserve the largest size range of seemingly undisturbed craters, their diameters (D) on Charon ranging from < 1 km to > 220 km. …”
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Charon’s refractory factory by Raut, U, Teolis, BD, Kammer, JA, Gimar, CJ, Brody, JS, Gladstone, GR, Howett, CJA, Protopapa, S, Retherford, KD

“…We combine novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modeling to reveal that “dynamic” Ly-α photolysis of Plutonian methane generates a photolytic refractory distribution on Charon that increases with latitude, consistent with poleward darkening observed in the New Horizons images. …”

Triton: Topography and Geology of a Probable Ocean World with Comparison to Pluto and Charon by Paul M. Schenk, Chloe B. Beddingfield, Tanguy Bertrand, Carver Bierson, Ross Beyer, Veronica J. Bray, Dale Cruikshank, William M. Grundy, Candice Hansen, Jason Hofgartner, Emily Martin, William B. McKinnon, Jeffrey M. Moore, Stuart Robbins, Kirby D. Runyon, Kelsi N. Singer, John Spencer, S. Alan Stern, Ted Stryk

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