The mountains on Pluto are made of frozen water, which at Pluto temperatures, is as hard as rock. Pluto also has a smooth, round basin which could be thought of as a frozen sea. What material is in the basin (nicknamed Sputnik) likely to be made of?
A) warmer water
B) carbon dioxide (dry ice)
C) nitrogen
D) complex carbon compounds which are the building blocks of life on Earth
E) helium
Section 12.5: Planetary Rings
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