Re:New Horizons Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Approach Pluto
by jarin on Saturday December 03, 2011 @11:08PM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who still calls it a planet :)
> … until its closest approach – about 7,767 miles (12,500 kilometers) from the planet – on July 14, 2015
> But by the time New Horizons sails through the Pluto system in mid-2015, the planet and its moons will be so close that the spacecraft’s cameras will spot features as small as a football field.
> … until its closest approach – about 7,767 miles (12,500 kilometers) from the planet – on July 14, 2015
> But by the time New Horizons sails through the Pluto system in mid-2015, the planet and its moons will be so close that the spacecraft’s cameras will spot features as small as a football field.