Explanation:
Here comes Pluto.
NASA's robotic
New Horizons
spacecraft
is
now beyond the orbit of
Neptune and closing fast on the
Solar System's most famous
unexplored world.
The featured time lapse video
shows
Pluto and Pluto's largest moon,
Charon, orbiting their common
center
of mass
in 13 frames taken from April 12 to April 18.
Although blurry,
images in the video now rival even the
best images of Pluto yet taken from Earth.
New Horizons
remains on
schedule to zoom
past the distant dwarf planet on July 14.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
