To: MtnClimber
It is amazing that we can send radio signals that far. I bet the data rate is really low.
2 posted on
07/11/2017 2:35:41 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
"...so the spacecraft is hibernating to preserve its energy."
New Horizon's power comes from the radioactive decay of plutonium. You can't stop or slow radioactive decay, so I wonder what they mean by "hibernating".
To: MtnClimber
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker - Article: http://astronomynow.com/2015/08/28/nasas-new-horizons-team-selects-potential-kuiper-belt-flyby-target/ Direct links to file: Medium-resolution (used in the article): http://astronomynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nh-path_940x542.jpg High-resolution: https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/9-small-bodies/2014/20141001_WithPluto_labels.png The orbit of 2014 MU69 with the path of New Horizons.
5 posted on
07/11/2017 2:53:00 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
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To: MtnClimber
They’re already WAY past Uranus!!!
6 posted on
07/11/2017 2:55:00 PM PDT by
fishtank
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