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> Pluto's average surface temperature is seven degrees warmer. What about the temperature in Pluto's shaded regions (if there are any)?
by sgrove 13y ago
> Pluto's average surface temperature is seven degrees warmer.
What about the temperature in Pluto's shaded regions (if there are any)?
- exhilaration 13y agoMaybe Pluto's atmosphere keeps the temperature warmer? I assume it's too far from the sun to have any unshaded versus shaded regions.
- sp332 13y agoThe average "temperature" of empty space is 3K, due to heating by background radiation. That's a big enough difference to have a warmer sun-facing side and a cold, shaded side.