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To: yarddog

Closest pass will be about July 6th.


5 posted on 06/11/2015 6:45:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

It’s interesting, that the craft is so far away, and the pass-by is so speedy, that pictures from the flyby will be coming in for a long time (perhaps a year+!) AFTER the craft is long gone from Pluto. There are also bandwidth restrictions because the distance is so great, the transmitter isn’t very powerful, and the receiving equipment isn’t dedicated specifically to this mission.


34 posted on 06/11/2015 8:22:58 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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