New Horizons Pluto probe nearing its target

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Frozen lakes

Pluto: On Frozen Pond

 

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Images of the polar region show methane cappped mountains.

New Horizons Finds Methane Snow-Capped Mountains near Pluto’s South Polar Region | Planetary Science | Sci-News.com

 

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Clouds of acetylene

Nasa findings hint of clouds on Pluto during New Horizons mission

 

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A massive underground ocean

Pluto 'has slushy ocean' below surface - BBC News

 

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Putting things into perspective. New Horizons flew past Pluto and its moons 18 months ago, and is now almost half way to its next target, MU69

Beyond Pluto: NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Heads to Next Adventure

 

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Totally missed this viewing of Pluto first time around.

Superb resolution, we need to go back.

 

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By the way the craft is almost exactly halfway to its next target, MU69, expected last day of 2018.

 

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Astronomers observe occultation of the next target.

New Horizons scientists study KBO by observing star occultation

Data to be released in the next few days.

 

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Mu69 may not be a single lump of whatever.

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-mysteries-horizons-flyby.html

 

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Two year anniversary, new compilation.


NASA Releases Spectacular Flyover Videos, Global Maps of Pluto and Charon | Space Exploration | Sci-News.com

 

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Mu69 looking more like a binary asteroid

https://www.universetoday.com/136713/new-horizons-next-flyby-target-just-got-weirder/

 

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Fame at last

First map of Pluto includes crater named after 11-year-old English schoolgirl

 

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A week to conjour up a nickname.

Help Nickname New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target

Scrotum McScroteface ?

 

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Mu69 looking more like a binary asteroid

https://www.universetoday.com/136713/new-horizons-next-flyby-target-just-got-weirder/

Now a moonlet.

New Horizons strikes distant gold

 

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Skyworks has been developing some virtual detail, a stowaway view.

Pluto Flyby

 

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Some names of Charon features

Pluto's Largest Moon Gets Its First Official Feature Names

 

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Book out of the New Horizons project, to date. so expect a sequel at some point.

Something Wonderful: New Horizons's Encounter with Pluto

note the word 'planet'.

 

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Methane dunes

Methane ice dunes found on Pluto

New Horizons gets a wake up call next week as well

 

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And, it's alive !

New Horizons comes out of hibernation ahead of January MU69 flyby – NASASpaceFlight.com

 

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Maps of Pluto and Charon released on the third anniversary.

First Global Maps of Pluto and Charon from NASA’s New Horizons Mission Published:

In a month New Horizons will commence imaging MU69 and work out the best trajectory for a safe, close flyby, around 2000 miles above the surface.