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An error of fact...

Hi Board

Triton's radius is NOT 1900 Km, but a mere 1350 Km...

http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/triton.html

As for a collisional origin, well maybe. Charon and Pluto are almost certainly the remnants of a fissioning process - Charon being the icy crust and Pluto being the core.

Guess we'll know more if the flyby probe ever dodges past Bush's slash and burn budgets.

Adam

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