Pluto has active volcanoes Pluto is a member of the Kuiper belt Charon has huge,
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Pluto has active volcanoes Pluto is a member of the Kuiper belt Charon has huge, deep canyons Pluto's thin atmosphere contains haze particles that can fall to the surface Pluto is sometimes nearer to the Sun Pluto has tall mountains built of water Pluto has smooth plains of nitrogen than Neptune ice Pluto has a comet-like composition of ce and rock Pluto has a subsurface ocean of liquid Pluto is less massive than any of the terrestrial planets water Known prior to New Horizons mission Learned from New Horizons mission Possible but not proven from New Horizons mission Styx Pluto CharonExplanation / Answer
If New Horizons is successful, it will represent a watershed development in the scientific exploration of dwarf planets—an entirely new class of bodies in the solar system, of worlds with exotic volatiles on their surfaces, of rapidly (possibly hydrodynamically) escaping atmospheres, and of giant impact derived satellite systems. It will also provide the first dust density measurements beyond 18 AU, cratering records that shed light on both the ancient and present-day KB impactor population down to 10s of meters, and a key comparator to the puzzlingly active, former dwarf planet (now satellite of Neptune) called Triton, which is as large as Eris and Pluto.
Assuming the craft is still operational after its Pluto flyby, scientists hope to use it to study more distant objects in the Kuiper belt — a region that contains more than 100,000 rocky objects, including Pluto. Stern and other scientists are currently deciding between two potential target objects, both about 30 miles wide.