New Horizons: Last view of Pluto's spots

bbc ^ | Jonathan Amos

[BenLurkin]

ping

[blueunicorn6]

“What happens on Pluto’s dark side”

Smoking and drinking and swearing.

[Mmogamer]

They need a dedicated probe for the Plutonian system. Where is the next target?

[blueunicorn6]

And petting.....HEAVY petting.

[cripplecreek]

New Horizons is Kuiper belt bound but I don’t think they have a target yet.

[Mmogamer]

Good grief...Voyager 2 hasn’t reached that yet,,whats their timeline?

[blueunicorn6]

“Dwarf planet”

Don’t you listen to them, Pluto! You are special! I think that you are just the right size. Oh sure, some people like those big, flashy planets, but you are number one in my book! They just use those mean names to make themselves feel bigger. You are perfect and don’t let anyone tell you different!

[cripplecreek]

Hot space chick explains why a flyby and not an orbit or landing.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/07/09/why-did-nasa-spend-9-years-getting-to-pluto-only-to-fly-right-past-it/

[cripplecreek]

Pluto is a Kuiper belt object on the innermost boundary. Voyager 1 is way the hell out there.

[Moonman62]

Pluto is a Kuiper belt object on the innermost boundary. Voyager 1 is way the hell out there.

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And we’re still collecting data from it, almost on a daily basis.

[GeronL]

it is very very very round... like a PLANET!!

[GeronL]

It still has propellent left! Probably used for facing the dish toward us when we need it to, but it still has some!

[GeronL]

Someone should draw a face on that

[cripplecreek]

The Kuiper belt extends from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt

[GeronL]

[blueunicorn6]

I’ve asked you and asked you to stop posting my family photos on Free Republic.

My cousin Jeff can’t help the way he looks.

[fhayek]

Sounds like you have a Plutonic relationship with this planet.

[GeronL]

lol!

[blueunicorn6]

And I have a mercurial relationship with another planet.