Dunes across the Solar System
Abstract
Before NASA's New Horizons mission, the surface of Pluto was shrouded in mystery. No one knew what to expect from its surface and most scientists shied away from detailed speculation, except to say that the one thing we should expect is to be surprised (1). On page 992 of this issue, Telfer et al. (2) present such a surprise by describing features interpreted as dunes on Pluto's surface.
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Volume 360 | Issue 6392
1 June 2018
1 June 2018
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I am grateful to J. Moore, R. Lorenz, R. Ewing, and S. Birch for helpful discussions and insights during the preparation of this manuscript.
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