To: RightWhale
Yes, I know -- that was last year. The current year OMB proposed budget has the Pluto mission at ZERO. Sure, Congress can add money again, but only enough to continue the slow torture, not actually fly the mission.
To: Cincinatus
Pluto
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No one has seen the face of Pluto before Hubble's historic images. Maps derived from Hubble data shaow that Pluto has the highest contrast between light and dark regions of any planet except Earth. |
| Pluto Specifications: |
| Year (Earth days) |
60191.00 |
| Day (Earth hours) |
159h 19m |
| Diameter (km) |
2400.00 |
| Diameter (miles) |
1500.00 |
| Density (water = 1) |
0.70 |
| Moons |
1.00 |
| Surface Gravity (Earth = 1) |
0.03 |
| Mass (x10,000,000,000,000 Gigatons) |
0.06 |
| Distance from Sun (Million km) |
5902.80 |
| Distance from Sun (Million miles) |
3667.90 |
| Orbital Velocity (km/sec) |
<4.77 |
| Orbital Velocity (miles/sec) |
<2.96 |
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27 posted on
02/26/2002 12:20:47 PM PST by
vannrox
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