New Horizons

Subject: Re: New Horizons 12th July 2015, 3:34 pm

...and this is the best view we'll have of the Charon-facing hemisphere for a very long time.

Subject: Re: New Horizons 14th July 2015, 11:42 pm

The flyby was successful!!!!!

http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015/jul/15/pluto-flyby-nasa-signal-new-horizons-probe-live

(I hope the link works...)

-M-

Subject: Re: New Horizons 15th July 2015, 5:23 am

http://www.space.com/29923-pluto-is-unexpectedly-large-new-horizons-mission-video-update.html .Radius of Pluto 1185km

Subject: Re: New Horizons 15th July 2015, 6:58 am

It once again takes the throne as King of the Kuiper Belt! alien

-M-

Subject: Re: New Horizons 15th July 2015, 9:02 am

We do not know exact radius and mass of Eris can be the same story

Subject: Re: New Horizons 15th July 2015, 9:11 am

True. But for now, Pluto reigns...

-M-

Subject: Re: New Horizons 15th July 2015, 9:51 am

tommi59 wrote:: We do not know exact radius and mass of Eris can be the same story

Actually we do, thanks to stellar occultations and Dysnomia's orbital period. Eris is a hair width smaller but mich more massive than Pluto.

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Subject: Re: New Horizons 17th July 2015, 8:27 pm

Didn't we have stellar occultations for Pluto, and an orbital period of Charon as well?
(With the obvious caveat that a single stellar occultation only sets a lower limit on the size of an object.)

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Subject: Re: New Horizons 18th July 2015, 2:32 am

We had and anyway Pluto evinced somewhat larger Cool

.Do we have to argue instead enjoy maybe there is much larger object somewhere there we do not know

Subject: Re: New Horizons 20th April 2016, 4:25 pm

Quote :: Do we have to argue instead enjoy maybe there is much larger object somewhere there we do not know

Seems like that may not be wrong, eh?

There were a bunch of New Horizons papers today, so I suppose it would be fitting to link them here.

The Geology of Pluto and Charon Through the Eyes of New Horizons

Surface Compositions Across Pluto and Charon

The Small Satellites of Pluto as Observed by New Horizons

The Atmosphere of Pluto as Observed by New Horizons

Subject: Re: New Horizons 10th February 2017, 9:29 am

It seems our little friend has completed succesfully the first course correction to MU69
http://planetaria.ca/2017/02/09/new-horizons-completes-another-course-adjustment-preparation-2019-flyby-next-kbo/

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