
NASA New Horizons data indicates that at least two and possibly all four of Pluto small moons may be the result of mergers between still smaller moons. If this discovery is borne out with further analysis, it could provide important new clues to the formation of the Pluto system. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20153
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PIA20153
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November 10, 2015
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