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Water Fact File for Triton |
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The Bottom Line: |
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A fascinating world on the edges of our Solar System... |
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Findings from Dr Kotwicki's 1991 Paper: |
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"The most mysterious thing encountered during the Voyager 2 trip", Triton of Neptune was thought to be a static, eternally frozen world: it turned to be only the third object in the Solar System to have active volcanoes, spewing nitrogen ice particles kilometres high. Triton has few craters: one explanation is that its surface melted completely, the other that some kind of large-scale deposition took place. Large flat areas of liquefied and refrozen water resemble volcanic calderas on Earth. The complex topography of Triton and its relatively high density will keep theoreticians occupied for years. |
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Latest Findings about Water on Triton: |
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Above: Neptune's moon of Triton, one of the most interesting bodies in our Solar System.
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Please contact our Webmaster with questions or comments. © 1991-2005 Dr Vincent Kotwicki.
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