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First Closeup View of Pluto by New Horizons

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07-14-2015, 03:25 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/scienc....html?_r=0

 

 

It has taken nine years, and a 3 billion mile journey to reach Pluto. It's the fastest spacecraft NASA has built to date. To understand how mind mindbogglingly vast our Solar System is, take a look at this interactive scale model too:

 

http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixe...ystem.html
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07-14-2015, 03:41 PM

Looks like a planet to me.
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07-14-2015, 03:47 PM

This and the Cassini photo's are breathtaking. Amazing time to be alive. 

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07-14-2015, 03:51 PM

More photos in.

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07-14-2015, 05:15 PM

Quote:Looks like a planet to me.
Dwarf planet.
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07-14-2015, 06:15 PM

lol rico

 

 

ya got me  Laughing

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07-14-2015, 11:58 PM

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07-15-2015, 07:05 AM

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Mystery solved
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07-15-2015, 04:52 PM

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