She compares the way these old models described the Pluto-Charon collision as being similar to the way hot wax flows around inside a lava lamp, with the angular momentum of the impact easily ...
In that scenario, the colliding material was regarded as a strengthless fluid, meaning Pluto and Charon would have resembled two swirling, bending blobs, like in a lava lamp, Denton said.
Pluto is too far away from Earth to be seen with ... This has been likened to a lava lamp or pot of porridge; heating from underneath drives convective cycles, which pushes new material to the ...