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Pluto – Just Look at the Detail!
universetoday.com ^
| on July 14, 2015
| Bob King
Posted on 07/14/2015 12:30:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
At 7:49 a.m. EDT today New Horizons made history when it zoomed within 7,800 miles of Pluto, the most remote object ever visited in the Solar System.
Pluto has a very complex surface. The fact that large areas show few craters – as compared to say, Ceres or Vesta – shows that there have relatively recent changes there. Maybe very recent. Alan Stern, principal investigator for the mission, was asked by a report at this morning’s press conference if it snows on Pluto. His answer: “It sure looks like it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: charon; newhorizons; pluto
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:30:15 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Talisker
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:30:28 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
That’s some distant real estate right there.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:32:25 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: BenLurkin
And if you get even closer, you can see even more detail.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:35:27 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: BenLurkin
All I see is his head.
Are his body and tail on the other side?
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:35:59 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:36:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: WayneS
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:37:41 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
Great picture - however - I’m all for (unmanned) space exploration, but for $700 million is that all we get?
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:38:11 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: BenLurkin
At 7,800 miles, one would think they would have a camera that could take more close up pictures......Maybe I’m expecting too much and trying to compare this one to the Hubbell
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:38:23 PM PDT
by
dware
(Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
To: BenLurkin
The pics will get even better when the craft is finished with its pass. Its expected to start returning data in about 5 hours.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:38:31 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: dware
Ain’t no place to raise your kids, that’s for sure.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:39:03 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Huskrrrr
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:39:33 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(Support Free Republic and Keep freedom ALIVE!)
To: Huskrrrr
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:39:35 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:39:47 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Hot Tabasco
That pic isn’t from the closest point. The craft has been busy with the science and won’t turn its dish back toward earth for another hour and then it will be sending data home for another 16 months.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:40:39 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: BenLurkin
So that’s where that went.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:41:39 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Hot Tabasco
I’m thinking we might get closer, and then maybe some data processing. On the news it said it would be able to see “baseball field” dimensions. I think we’ve been spoiled by Google Earth.
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:42:58 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: BenLurkin
Isn’t it a little too cold for snow out there?
To: BenLurkin
It looks like the Moon with a butt-print in it! Har!
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posted on
07/14/2015 12:51:30 PM PDT
by
W.
(I've said there's no original thought left in Hollywood for A. Long. Time.)
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