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Convection Could Produce Pluto's Polygons, Researchers Say

By Dipannita - Jun 03, 2016 09:54 AM EDT

Pluto has been discovered to possess an unusual polygonal terrain by NASA's New Horizons mission to the planet's system. The planet is covered with large deposits of nitrogen ice in the form of polygons that are thin from the edges and thick from the middle.

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