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Do New Horizons Pluto flyby results justify an advanced orbiter mission to the Pluto-Charon system?
It's going to be another year before all of the data that New Horizons gathered is finally transmitted to Earth, but based on current science return, does what's been received so far warrant an ...
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Why is part of this New Horizon's Charon high resolution image missing?
The New Horizons team released the following photo of Charon today
This choice of image seems rather odd to me for a number of reasons. First of all, according to Emily's schedule, there were 3 ...
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What causes Pluto's atmosphere to recede/collapse?
An answer to this question sparked my curiosity. Pluto's atmosphere seems to come and go depending on its orbital position and distance from the Sun.
If the heat up from coming closer to the Sun ...
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When New Horizons is closest to Pluto, how fast will it be going (km/s)?
I've been googling this question because I haven't seen the answer anywhere, yet I know it must be calculated with a high degree of precision. Anyone know if it will be faster or slower than its 13.8 ...
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