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Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 49-52

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From page 49...
... Bright materials irregularly blanket most of the southern hemisphere, at the bottom. The darker plains consist of the rugged 'cantaloupe' terrain, at the upper left, and a complex mix of smooth and knobbly plains, at the right.
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... as it rotated tub its 6.4-d~y ped<>d, fin late June fled early July ~ 994. l be ups suborn here ~:~ folio a globe map cons~uc~d Cough computer i~~ Accessing Wed on tag Bubble dsta Ad ad own ~-di~nslonal globes ~ 90~ increments iD longitude.
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From page 52...
... provided 1be object can incorporate enough ~iogen~ component. At He Dabs is a scamps of He influence of energetic processing Cat c~ Bar He origins mamas Ed produce a c~bon-endched cam.
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Key Terms

  • upper left
  • bluish tint
  • knobbly plains
  • image courtesy
  • complex mix

  • reddish tint
  • irregularly blanket
  • fresh frosts
  • materials irregularly
  • plains consist

  • partially irradiated
  • irradiated methane
  • bright materials
  • darker plains
  • southern hemisphere

  • solid nitrogen
  • energetic processing
  • equator runs
  • bluish swath
  • late june

  • runs approximately
  • nitrogen incorporating
  • bright material
  • geological survey


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