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16 Jul, 2015

Charon mountain

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Pluto's moon Charon showing a tall mountain inside a deep depressionNASA shares a close-up photo of Pluto’s moon Charon showing a large mountain in a deep depression that is puzzling scientists.

The most intriguing feature is a large mountain sitting in a moat. This is a feature that has geologists stunned and stumped. It looks like someone just dropped a giant boulder on Charon.

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Meriem

My thoughts are a soft surface on Charon and this is a meteor that impacted at a relatively slow speed.

Ines

Hey that’s where I parked my spaceship! J

Christophe Chambré

Pretty interesting stuff. It’s probably an extinct caldera volcano

Nancy Pauline

What makes it even more interesting is that this mountain has a perfectly placed crater at its peak.