Pluto has a long line of plasma with hydrogen ions – lagranepoca

Cola plasma Pluto. (NASA

Researchers at the mission New Horizons NASA discovered a “ plasma tail ” Pluto a cold, dense region of ionized gas extending thousands of kilometers away from the planet.

The first NASA said is that Pluto’s atmosphere is destroyed by the solar wind and sent into space.

July 18, scientists detailed that among the 77 000 kilometers and 109 000 kilometers from the planet a cavity is observed in the solar wind carries electrically charged particles from the Sun, and this cavity is filled with hydrogen ions, forming between all a ‘plasma tail “that extends behind the planet.

” Colas similar plasma are observed on planets like Venus and Mars, “said NASA. As Pluto’s atmosphere is composed primarily of nitrogen, these molecules are ionized by the solar wind.

Before the ship-of closest approach New Horizont July-14, nitrogen ions were detected far from Pluto, so and scientists anticipate how could be the planet’s atmosphere.

Scientists now have announced that August new measurements that specify the speed at which Pluto is losing its atmosphere.