What Caused Pluto's Unusual Orbit and Formation of its Moons?

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The discussion revolves around the proposed theory regarding the unusual orbit of Pluto and the formation of its moons, particularly focusing on a historical impact event involving a comet. The scope includes theoretical explanations and challenges to the validity of the claims made.

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  • One participant suggests that Pluto was once a satellite of Neptune and was displaced by a comet impact, leading to its current orbit and the formation of its moons.
  • Another participant questions the credibility of the theory and requests supporting links, emphasizing the forum's policy against personal theories.
  • A third participant draws a parallel to past misconceptions in astronomy, suggesting that the theory requires further evidence to be taken seriously.
  • A later reply acknowledges the personal nature of the theory and admits to using Wikipedia as a source, indicating a lack of familiarity with the forum's guidelines.

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Participants express disagreement regarding the validity of the proposed theory, with some questioning its basis and others highlighting the need for evidence. The discussion remains unresolved, with no consensus on the theory's acceptance.

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Participants note the limitations of personal theories within the forum and the need for credible sources to support claims. There is an acknowledgment of the potential for misconceptions similar to those in past astronomical interpretations.

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Theory of Pluto's Disruption of Orbit
Several hundred millennia ago, Pluto was originally a miniscule satellite (about 75%-65% of it's current mass) of larger Neptune when a comet (being 6/8 of the mass of pre-collision Pluto) struck Pluto with as much force to push Pluto out of orbit around Neptune, about 350 million kilometres before both planets make a second meet. This initiating force results in Pluto unusual, eccentric orbit path extending far beyond Neptune's. The dust, debris, ice and shattered center left floating after the impact was captured by Pluto's gravitational field. The floating ice and debris then collected on the shattered pieces of the comet which then shaped the fragments into spherical balls which then became Pluto's moons, Nix, Hydra, and the largest being Charon. It is unknown whether the crater is still remaining on Pluto due to in sufficient imaging (which could possibly be the dark spot in the images.
 
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Can you provide us with any links for this theory? Note that personal theories are not permitted on PF.
 
Can you explain how you came up with this idea. People used to think there was a human face on Mars until NASA took closer pictures. Your idea sounds credible but somebody has to prove it.
 
cristo said:
Can you provide us with any links for this theory? Note that personal theories are not permitted on PF.

Actually, I got my information off of Wikipedia. Yet it's a personal theory. I'm new so I wouldn't really now much.
 
Jaramo1 said:
Actually, I got my information off of Wikipedia. Yet it's a personal theory. I'm new so I wouldn't really now much.

Welcome to PF. As I said, we do not permit personal theories here, except in the Independent Research forum: check out the global guidelines as linked to in my signature.
 

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