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originally posted by: 0bserver1
a reply to: Soylent Green Is People
Charon may not have these icy materials.
I thought that ice would be something found on almost every moon or planet. I mean most of the time they find ice or water on most of the planets that are not to close to our sun.
The 23-second thruster burst was the third and final planned targeting maneuver of New Horizons’ approach phase to Pluto; it was also the smallest of the nine course corrections since New Horizons launched in January 2006. It bumped the spacecraft’s velocity by just 27 centimeters per second – about one-half mile per hour – slightly adjusting its arrival time and position at a flyby close-approach target point approximately 7,750 miles (12,500 kilometers) above Pluto’s surface.
While it may appear to be a minute adjustment for a spacecraft moving 32,500 miles per hour, the impact is significant. New Horizons Mission Design Lead Yanping Guo, of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, says without the adjustment, New Horizons would have arrived 20 seconds late and 114 miles (184 kilometers) off-target from the spot where it will measure the properties of Pluto’s atmosphere. Those measurements depend on radio signals being sent from Earth to New Horizons at precise times as the spacecraft flies through the shadows of Pluto and Pluto’s largest moon, Charon.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
Here's the latest news from the edge of the kuiper belt:
New Horizons ‘Speeds Up’ on Final Approach to Pluto
The latest (and possibly final) course correction engine burn occurred yesterday (June 30) to put New Horizons on the trajectory researchers want for Studying Pluto:
The 23-second thruster burst was the third and final planned targeting maneuver of New Horizons’ approach phase to Pluto; it was also the smallest of the nine course corrections since New Horizons launched in January 2006. It bumped the spacecraft’s velocity by just 27 centimeters per second – about one-half mile per hour – slightly adjusting its arrival time and position at a flyby close-approach target point approximately 7,750 miles (12,500 kilometers) above Pluto’s surface.
The small adjustment in the speed of the spacecraft was necessary for New Horizons to be in exactly the right place at the right time to be able to best analyze Pluto's atmosphere as the craft speeds by the dwarf planet on July 14.
While it may appear to be a minute adjustment for a spacecraft moving 32,500 miles per hour, the impact is significant. New Horizons Mission Design Lead Yanping Guo, of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, says without the adjustment, New Horizons would have arrived 20 seconds late and 114 miles (184 kilometers) off-target from the spot where it will measure the properties of Pluto’s atmosphere. Those measurements depend on radio signals being sent from Earth to New Horizons at precise times as the spacecraft flies through the shadows of Pluto and Pluto’s largest moon, Charon.
originally posted by: Ross 54
One hemisphere of Pluto reveals what looks like a huge crater, better than half the planet's diameter. An impact on this scale would probably destroy the structure of the planet, and erase all traces of itself.
originally posted by: Junkheap
I predict that one of the features they'll find is a huge big-ass crater taking up a large percentage of the landscape.
originally posted by: Junkheap
originally posted by: Ross 54
One hemisphere of Pluto reveals what looks like a huge crater, better than half the planet's diameter. An impact on this scale would probably destroy the structure of the planet, and erase all traces of itself.
Told ya so:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
originally posted by: Junkheap
I predict that one of the features they'll find is a huge big-ass crater taking up a large percentage of the landscape.
originally posted by: Junkheap
originally posted by: Ross 54
One hemisphere of Pluto reveals what looks like a huge crater, better than half the planet's diameter. An impact on this scale would probably destroy the structure of the planet, and erase all traces of itself.
Told ya so:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
originally posted by: Junkheap
I predict that one of the features they'll find is a huge big-ass crater taking up a large percentage of the landscape.
originally posted by: xxThothxx
Wild speculation here, but I wonder if those darkest areas are clouds, and the lighter area is an ocean of methane or neon?
originally posted by: Kapusta
just wanted to Add a new pic of Pluto !!!!!!
WOW!!
originally posted by: zazzafrazz
a reply to: wildespace
Also it looks like its moon and Pluto are completely different compositions.