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Pluto is coming into focus (New Hi Res pics in OP) 7/15
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:13 pm
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:13 pm
Hi res pictures are arriving.
This will be my last update to the thread. Many good sources of info around the web.
Charon:
Ice mountains on Pluto:
Best picture yet!
from 7/12:
Almost there!
This might be the best image we ever get of this side of Pluto, since it will be turned away from the New Horizons probe when it achieves closest approach...
This will be my last update to the thread. Many good sources of info around the web.
Charon:
Ice mountains on Pluto:
Best picture yet!
from 7/12:
Almost there!
quote:
Mission scientists have found Pluto to be 1,473 miles (2,370 kilometers) in diameter, somewhat larger than many prior estimates. Images acquired with the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were used to make this determination. This result confirms what was already suspected: Pluto is larger than all other known solar system objects beyond the orbit of Neptune.
“The size of Pluto has been debated since its discovery in 1930. We are excited to finally lay this question to rest,” said mission scientist Bill McKinnon, Washington University, St. Louis.
This might be the best image we ever get of this side of Pluto, since it will be turned away from the New Horizons probe when it achieves closest approach...
This post was edited on 7/15/15 at 2:32 pm
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Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:19 pm to weagle99
It disappoints me how little attention this has been getting. Sure I've seen it mentioned here and there but people should be more excited about this than they are.
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:21 pm to Henry Jones Jr
It's unfortunate that science has not been as important to the general public. We need more NDT and Bill Nye.
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:22 pm to Henry Jones Jr
quote:
It disappoints me how little attention this has been getting. Sure I've seen it mentioned here and there but people should be more excited about this than they are.
Why?
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:26 pm to BigB0882
Amazing stuff, I can't wait to see what comes back in the next few days.
Does than image remind anyone else of George Melies's "Les Voyage dans la Lune"? All it needs is an angry face and a bullet sticking out of its eye.
Does than image remind anyone else of George Melies's "Les Voyage dans la Lune"? All it needs is an angry face and a bullet sticking out of its eye.
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:29 pm to weagle99
Incredible - thanks for sharing weagle.
Nobody knows or really cares about this. Sad.
Nobody knows or really cares about this. Sad.
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:32 pm to weagle99
How far away is that? Why can't we get clearer pictures? They should've launch the Hubble Telescope.
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:39 pm to weagle99
Stoked. The little we've seen and know about Pluto makes this a great add to our exploratory resume.. Well done humans
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:39 pm to BigB0882
Because for the first time in human history we are getting pictures of the most distant "planet" in our solar system. It's an incredible milestone for mankind and people just don't seem to care.
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:42 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I'm excited
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:43 pm to weagle99
Fitting that Pluto would have a hidden Mickey
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:45 pm to RidiculousHype
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Fitting that Pluto would have a hidden Mickey
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:46 pm to RidiculousHype
Pluto is officially no longer a planet. Correct?
Posted on 7/11/15 at 11:56 pm to cypressbrake3
That is correct. It is a dwarf planet and I believe the largest known Kuiper Belt object.
Posted on 7/12/15 at 12:01 am to weagle99
Took me a second to notice the arrows. It is amazing that only 85 years after this, there will be a machine sending back pictures from within 8,000 miles.
Posted on 7/12/15 at 12:08 am to TigerattheU
Pluto's orbit is 248 years. We have only known about it for a portion of that time.
Consider this: Pluto hasn't completed an orbit during the entire time the United States has been in existence.
Consider this: Pluto hasn't completed an orbit during the entire time the United States has been in existence.
This post was edited on 7/12/15 at 12:09 am
Posted on 7/12/15 at 12:15 am to weagle99
I read somewhere that the size of Pluto is the distance from Baltimore to Houston.
It ain't very big.
It ain't very big.
Posted on 7/12/15 at 12:21 am to matthew25
Pluto and Charon (largest moon) would just about cover a majority of the continental US. Both are smaller than the Moon.
This post was edited on 7/12/15 at 12:23 am
Posted on 7/12/15 at 1:10 am to weagle99
What's this have to do with black people?
Posted on 7/12/15 at 1:14 am to weagle99
quote:
Pluto's orbit is 248 years. We have only known about it for a portion of that time.
Consider this: Pluto hasn't completed an orbit during the entire time the United States has been in existence.
Factoids like this are why we need Bill Nye back on tv.
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