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High def Pluto
Published on 25 Jan 2008 at 4:52 pm.
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Pluto, one of the largest known Kuiper Belt objects, is the target for the New Horizons spacecraft, launched January 19, 2006. New Horizons will fly past Pluto and its moon Charon in July, 2015. One of New Horizons’ chief instruments is the LORRI (LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager), a telescope with a very highly […]
