Charon compared with Eris, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, Orcus, 2007 OR 10 , Quaoar, their moons and Earth. All to scale (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It’s Pluto week! So, with the passing of New Horizons past Pluto’s orbit thus ends the first era of humanity’s reconnaisance of the solar system. There is much, much more to be seen, as we now know that the dwarf planet is the largest body of the chilly Kuiper belt, past the orbit of Neptune.
Even now, we select targets for further exploration, like Jupiter’s moon Europa, Saturn’s Enceladus, as we continue to receive data from our probes in the outer reaches of the system. And we’ve only begun to receive the vast sum of information possible from New Horizons.
The late Carl Sagan once said, “The sky calls to us…If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day journey to the stars.”
These are very exciting times to live in. Have a fantastic weekend!
Talotaa frang, talotaa kas, talotaa tranga sulat.
New Horizons Launch to Pluto
Last Look at Pluto’s Charon Side
New Horizons Passes Pluto and Charon
Pluto Resolved
Fifty Miles on Pluto
Charon
Fly Over Pluto
Image of the Week:
Weekly Astrognuz:
Gaia: Galaxy map of stellar density
Mysterious Mountain Revealed in First Close-Up of Pluto’s Moon Charon
Pluto: from Hubble to New Horizons
How Could We Destroy the Moon?
Art: Pluto’s features predicted in 1979
Three-Tailed Comet Q1 pansSTARRS Lights up Southern Skies
Global cooling: No, we’re not headed for a mini ice-age.
Catch a Fine Lunar Planetary Grouping this Weekend
Pluto: New Horizons closest approach
Jupiter twin discovered around solar twin | Astronomy.com
Celestial Fireworks: Star Cluster Westerlund 2:
PLUTO MARS – Outbound Probe [A Capella Science]
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