The below and left images are James Keane drawn cartoons reflecting the theory postulated by NASA scientists (put forth by Bill McKinnon). In this scenario an object impacted Pluto 60 degrees north and 90 degrees east which created an impact crater over 4 billion years ago. The impact crater then wandered SE to finally end up on the anti Charon point of Pluto. There are zero impact craters in the solar system, that we know of, that are geologically active. Geology is known to erode impacts and erase them from existence. Everything about this scenario is wrong. Impacts at geologically active sites don't last 4 billion years. There's no ring evidence supporting the impact theory, there's no ejecta. |
Consider this illogical logic from NASA.
An object struck Pluto 60 degree N lat and 90 degrees E lon. The object was 150 to 250 km and struck at a 5, 40 or greater than 45 degree angle depending upon which meeting Bill McKinnon is speaking. This object created the only geologically active impact site in the solar system, its 4 billion years old and has not eroded. This collision caused the ice crust to become thin enough to create a subsurface internal inverted bulge which back filled with ocean water (from a core too small to be hot) which made this spot heavier or denser than any other place on Pluto. This 2-3 mile deep basin is a positive gravity anomaly and against known physics the densest side of Pluto which was at a 90 degree angle to Charon rotated away from Charon's strong gravitational pull to align facing opposite where it should. |
One confusing thing about the above image is that the northern hemisphere especially as we migrate toward the pole is covered in white methane snow but its more green not orange in the above image indicating less methane. Not sure why there's such a large visual discrepancy in these two methane map images. There's also this below image from an article published Sept 25th, 2017 Quote |
Venera Terra ice sheets with Fossae ridge running along its edge with Piri Planitia to the south |
Northern part of SP. |
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Conversely, if Sputnik Planitia represents a present-day negative gravity anomaly it must have formed closer to the equator. This paper is supporting the idea that SP is a positive gravity anomaly and if it is then the crust has slipped or migrated from the northwest southward and east carrying SP along as shown by the red crosses in this image. Based on math formulas, if SP is a positive gravity anomaly, then SP would have migrated southeast assuming Pluto's crust is decoupled from a core. If, on the other hand, SP is a negative gravity anomaly then the math formulas indicate SP must have traveled the opposite direction. |
Here's an elevation map. Take note of the low elevation corridor running slightly diagonally but mostly S to N outlined in pink. This is a location where the skin of Pluto is very thin. I suspect, when Pluto's skin slips this corridor is where the two sections slide past each other, after all, this corridor is lined by some of the highest (orange) peaks on Pluto. This corridor sorta reminds me of what's taking place in the Himalayan mountains where India is thrust faulted into the Eurasian plate creating the highest mountains in the world like K2 and Everest. NASA scientists say there's no evidence of compression on Pluto only expansion fractures. Do the elevated mountains lining the edges of this corridor look like they were formed by compression forces to you? This looks like an obvious series of compression ridges to me. |
October 8th 2017,
Just visited a NASA web page related to this north pole area. I was looking for actual elevation numbers but stumbled onto this comment. These canyons also appear to represent evidence for an ancient period of tectonics. Why does it matter? This paper says Since there is no evidence for recent compressional tectonic features, we argue that ice II has not formed and that Pluto's ocean has likely survived to present day. No compression tectonics is at the heart of the theory that suggests Pluto has a subsurface ocean |
This means the skin is moving.
One could argue the Himalayan Mountains are ancient as well as recent since they were formed 40 mya but are still forming as the two plates continue to collide. The Tetons were formed a mere 15,000 years ago and are still forming and rising. |