Little Plutino Has An Atmosphere and Making Sense of Saturn
About this episode
The episode discusses the detection of a thin atmosphere on a Plutino and a new model explaining Saturn's peculiarities.
A Plutino, an object that shares Pluto's orbit but which is much smaller than Pluto, appears to have a very thin global atmosphere. We discuss the detection and how such a small body could hold onto even a thin atmosphere, as well as a new model that describes many of Saturn's peculiarities with a recent collision between its big moon Titan and a precursor to the sponge-y moon Hyperion. Join us for all this, space news, astronomy trivia, and much more.
People in this episode
Hosts: Joshua Colwell, Adrienne Dove, James Cooney
Topics covered
- Plutino
- atmosphere
- Saturn
- Titan
- Hyperion
- space news
- astronomy trivia
Keywords
- Plutino
- atmosphere
- Saturn
- Titan
- Hyperion
- space news
- astronomy
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Walkabout the Galaxy
Places: Pluto, Titan, Hyperion
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