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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- 5 Million Miles from Pluto
NASA ^
| July 09, 2015
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 07/09/2015 4:54:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: An image snapped on July 7 by the New Horizons spacecraft while just under 5 million miles (8 million kilometers) from Pluto is combined with color data in this most detailed view yet of the Solar System's most famous world about to be explored. The region imaged includes the tip of an elongated dark area along Pluto's equator already dubbed "the whale". A bright heart-shaped region on the right is about 1,200 miles (2,000) kilometers across, possibly covered with a frost of frozen methane, nitrogen, and/or carbon monoxide. The view is centered near the area that will be seen during New Horizons much anticipated July 14 closest approach to a distance of about 7,750 miles (12,500 kilometers).
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; newhorizons; pluto; science
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[Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst.]
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posted on
07/09/2015 4:54:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
No big one, really, just a slightly different shot.
The Big One
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posted on
07/09/2015 4:55:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: SunkenCiv
Really looking forward to this.If that’s five mil then under ten thousand should be amazing!Thanks so much for keeping us posted CV!
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posted on
07/09/2015 4:58:26 AM PDT
by
mitch5501
("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:00:04 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: mitch5501
The closest approach will be a bit over 7000 miles and inside the orbit of Charon. It will be over in a few hours but the craft will be sending pictures back for a year or more.
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:00:45 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: cripplecreek
Inside Charon's orbit will hopefully mean some awesome shots of both together.A strange distant new world,never before seen by human eyes.How could anyone not be excited by that!?
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:04:47 AM PDT
by
mitch5501
("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
To: cripplecreek
7000 miles is VERY close...considering that our own moon is 250,000 miles away...give or take.
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:05:00 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv
Hearts and whales? It’s like a preppy canvas belt from 1982!
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:05:54 AM PDT
by
To Hell With Poverty
(All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
To: mitch5501
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:07:06 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: SunkenCiv
Half-black,half-white, and always vague and fuzzy ... in other words, like Obama
To: Talisker
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:29:01 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Oh Pluto, it so good to see you.
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posted on
07/09/2015 5:52:15 AM PDT
by
Gefn
(Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“A little travelling music if you please...”
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posted on
07/09/2015 6:09:03 AM PDT
by
W.Lee
To: SunkenCiv
It’s starting to look like a PLANET!............................
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posted on
07/09/2015 6:20:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Jackie Gleason is on Pluto?....................
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posted on
07/09/2015 6:21:44 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: SunkenCiv
Pluto always was and always will be a planet.
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posted on
07/09/2015 6:23:07 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: To Hell With Poverty
'Heart shaped region'? ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙,ʇɹɐǝɥ, ɐ ǝʞıן ʞooן ʇ,usǝop ʇı puɐ uʍop ǝpısdn ʇı uɹnʇ
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posted on
07/09/2015 6:25:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: mitch5501
How could anyone not be excited by that!? Ho-hum; another boring chunk'a rock...< /wiseguy >
Just kidding!
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posted on
07/09/2015 7:48:55 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: SunkenCiv
I will be looking on my laptop at what slooh dot com will be presenting, since they are stating they will be broadcasting what the New Horizons probe finds.
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