SWRI SCIENTISTS FIND EVIDENCE OF GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITY WITHIN ICY DWARF PLANETS
February 16, 2024
February 16, 2024
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release:
A team co-led by Southwest Research Institute found evidence for hydrothermal or metamorphic activity within the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake, located in the Kuiper Belt. Methane detected on their surfaces has the tell-tale signs of warm or even hot geochemistry in their rocky cores, which is markedly different than the signature of methane from a comet.
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A team co-led by Southwest Research Institute found evidence for hydrothermal or metamorphic activity within the icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake, located in the Kuiper Belt. Methane detected on their surfaces has the tell-tale signs of warm or even hot geochemistry in their rocky cores, which is markedly different than the signature of methane from a comet.
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