References & Sources

Kuiper belt may hold fragments of Pluto

The solar system’s reservoir of icy comets and other debris may hold shards left over from the ancient collision that gouged the moon Charon from Pluto.

References:

1999. Pluto’s family. NASA Press Release. Oct. 6.

Sources:

Robin Canup
Southwest Research Institute
Boulder, CO 80302

Daniel D. Durda
Southwest Research Institute
Boulder, CO 80302

William B. McKinnon
Washington University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

S. Alan Stern
Southwest Research Institute
Boulder, CO 80302

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 16, October 16, 1999, p. 245. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.