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Eris and Makemake internal processes

Eris and Makemake internal processes
Eris and Makemake internal processes Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute utilized observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to create simulations of the underground heat-driven mechanisms that might account for the presence of methane on Eris and Makemake, two dwarf planets located in the Kuiper Belt. The depicted scenarios highlight three hypotheses, one of which suggests the existence of subsurface liquid water within these icy bodies. Southwest Research Institute