Neptune's moon Triton appears to have a nearly uncratered surface. Explain

What will be an ideal response?


There has been a large amount of surface activity that has obliterated the craters from much of Triton's surface. These are fissures, nitrogen geysers, and large frozen water ice lakes that are indicative of this activity. This probably is generated by the tidal stresses of its retrograde orbit close to Neptune.

Physics & Space Science

You might also like to view...

Do you think it is possible that a flare star could harbor an advanced civilization? Explain your reasoning

What will be an ideal response?

Physics & Space Science

Extra mass dumped on a white dwarf creates a nova, but if dumped on a neutron star, it creates

A) a millisencond pulsar. B) an X-rays burster. C) a black hole. D) a gamma-ray burster. E) a pulsar.

Physics & Space Science

A uniform solid sphere rolls without slipping along a horizontal surface. What fraction of its total kinetic energy is in the form of rotational kinetic energy about the CM?

Physics & Space Science

What is the maximum radiation pressure exerted by sunlight in space (S = 1 350 W/m2) on a flat black surface?

a. 2.25 × 10^-5 Pa b. 0.06 Pa c. 7 × 10^-4 Pa d. 4.5 × 10^-6 Pa e. 9.0 × 10^-6 Pa

Physics & Space Science