rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyz · 8 days agoForbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down120
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minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 days ago Pluto and Charon are tidally locked To clarify, they’re mutually tidally locked, which is what’s rare
minus-squareRedditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoOh, so if light was hitting it’s moon you could navigate just by where it is in the sky? I mean I guess you can do that with ours too, but this sounds way easier.
To clarify, they’re mutually tidally locked, which is what’s rare
Oh, so if light was hitting it’s moon you could navigate just by where it is in the sky? I mean I guess you can do that with ours too, but this sounds way easier.