New Horizons: Approach Phase, OpsNav - 25 January 15 to 28 June 15 |
New Horizons: Approach Phase, OpsNav - 25 January 15 to 28 June 15 |
Feb 3 2015, 06:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 27-August 05 Member No.: 479 |
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Feb 4 2015, 09:22 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
The LORRI image release for today is up at :
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-A...p?page=20150204 |
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Apr 15 2015, 10:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2346 Joined: 7-December 12 Member No.: 6780 |
For anyone who missed part of the briefings, here links to recorded versions:
First briefing, part 1, 02:40:06 - 02:59:58. First briefing part 2, 00:00:00 - 00:38:42. A prevously recorded version of the second briefing, 01:40:24 - 02:37:07. |
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Apr 16 2015, 11:02 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 30-November 05 From: Antibes, France Member No.: 594 |
In the new image of the Pluto Charon system released, I've measured the apparent diameter of Pluto along the virtual line (orbital plane?) from Charon to Pluto and the apparent diameter of Pluto for the normal to this virtual line (south pole to north pole?).
I obtain (approximately) 24 pixels for the first figure and 28 pixels for the second figure. So, the first figure is about 85% of the second figure or the second figure is about 16% higher than the first figure. Apparently, not perfectly spherical (unless it is an artifact)? related to tidal forces? |
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