Pluto's 4th moon |
Pluto's 4th moon |
Jul 20 2011, 01:55 PM
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New moon discovered around Pluto using Hubble images!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/s...pluto-moon.html -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Jul 20 2011, 08:56 PM
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Really pleasing news! This no doubt presents a nice challenge for the re-design of LORRI pointing sequences - I imagine it's getting a little tight now around C/A.
All we need now is a background star occultation observed from Mauna Kea or elsewhere to reveal a few rings or ring-arcs..... |
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