The discovery that Charon is nearly half the size of Pluto, paired with their unique orbital relationship, challenges conventional theories about moon formation due to its resemblance to the Earth-Moon system.
The research team's model proposes that rather than merging—like blobs of liquid—Pluto and Charon collided and became gravitationally entangled without fully merging, which is a unique scenario in satellite formation.
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