April 15, 2015

NASA Flies By Pluto, Captures Images




[From article]
After close-up studies of Pluto, its primary moon, Charon, and entourage of at least four smaller moons, New Horizons will continue speeding out into the Kuiper Belt, a region peppered with what are believed to be frozen remnants from the formation of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago.
The team plans to petition NASA for additional funds for a flyby of a second Kuiper Belt object in 2019.
In addition to its cameras, the spacecraft is outfitted with six scientific instruments, including light-splitting spectrometers, and plasma and dust detectors, to study the geology of Pluto and Charon, map their surface compositions and temperatures and look for an atmosphere, ring system and other moons.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nasa-probe-nearing-close-encounter-unexplored-pluto-181601994.html

NASA probe nearing close encounter with unexplored Pluto
By By Irene and Klotz
Reuters
April 15, 2015

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