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To expand on the internal ocean point:

One of the big problems with Pluto is that we would not expect it to still be active. One of the hypothesis that has been proposed is that the heat from Pluto's formation is trapped in an internal ocean and is slowly being released as the ocean freezes.

Of course, even if this isn't what is powering Pluto, the other mechanism might still make the core hot enough for liquid water.



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