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This is Why You Have Not Seen A Bunch of Images of Pluto This Weekend

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Date: 2015-07-13 06:19:14
Blog: Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal
URL: http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2015/07/13/this-is-why-you-have-not-seen-a-bunch-of-images-of-pluto-this-weekend/

Summary:

July 14, 2015 is going to be an important date in the history book of space exploration. At about 7:50 AM Tuesday, New York time,  the New Horizons probe will pass about 12,500 km from Pluto, and the most sophisticated set of instruments ever put in deep space will record high resolution images of the dwarf planet. Images of Pluto will be recorded in visible and infrared light, while other …

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
ComorosKM-11.651643.36
New HorizonsUS33.3533-111.848
New YorkUS40.7146-74.0071
PlutoUS37.708-81.0468

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