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Oct 15 2015, 06:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
out in Science (and in open access, thanks Alan!):
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons |
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Nov 30 2023, 09:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 547 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
I don't recall ever seeing this amazing close-up of Pluto's moon Nix before...
"Pluto's approximately 50-km wide moon Nix was imaged by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015. The red area is likely a region of tholin deposition and/or formation. Tholins are abiotic complex organic solids possibly produced when ultraviolet light from the faraway Sun breaks down molecules of methane that escape Pluto." Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/J. Major Photo of Nix |
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