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Pluto's strange ice patterns explained by new theory

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The New Theory of Plumto's Perplexing Polygons

patterns could be seen across the smooth surface of a basin filled with nitrogen ice known asputnic plenicia. When it was first observed, the people that worked on de misionde very rapidly thought about convection. Because sumal convection is known to make this type of patterns. So even though sputnic plamatia is made of solid ice, slow moving currents are still a vible explanation.

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