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To: GeronL
So, I wonder if they will let us see Pluto up close...

Nice pic. Seriously though, I think those expecting the detailed, high-def photos of the likes of Jupiter, Saturn and their moons that we've grown accustomed to are going to be disappointed. The fly-by is going to be quick. It's 4 billion miles away. Pluto is small and dark. I'm expecting fuzzy, low-def images of a monochromatic, cold, gray sphere.

I hope I'm wrong.

9 posted on 07/05/2015 8:24:45 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Color shots are already available. Recently revealed: four equidistant, huge dark splotches around the planet’s equator: http://www.universetoday.com/121158/red-faced-pluto-full-of-surprises/

Almost as much fun as that belt around Iapetus, making that moon look like a walnut, or the speculation that Phobos might be hollow...


10 posted on 07/05/2015 8:31:47 PM PDT by earglasses (I was blind, and now I hear...)
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To: Drew68

It will be passing inside the Orbit of Charon and will be a bit over 7000 miles away at its closest approach. It will do a lot of science over about 2 hours. They say it will take over a year to send collected info back to earth.


16 posted on 07/06/2015 3:23:14 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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