At the Monday, July 20, New Horizons reported on the surface of the Earth a new photo Pluto , covering a portion of the surface near the south-western border “region Tombaugh.” Shots were quite in good quality and have been made at the time when they are illuminated by the sun. This episode station New Horizons made on July 14, a distance of 231 thousand. Km of a celestial body with a tool LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager).
The photographs clearly visible form of no one – satellite recalls bean – and a bright glow.
Moore also noted that at least the old surfaces have a dark color due to the gradual impact craters fill sediments.
«Additional information about the chemical composition of the satellite Knicks already adopted by the spacecraft New Horizons , but not yet transferred to the ground. ” In the photo visible red area, the nature of the origin of which scientists still can not be installed. The frames were made by automatic interplanetary station New Horizons .
Let us recall that the US probe 8 days ago came close to Pluto at 12.5 thousand. Km. acquired by the probe data will be sent to remote earth another 16 months.
surface with a reddish tinge on anybody, on the assumptions of scientists, can be impact crater . The height of the hill is about 1.5 kilometers away.
2012 – opened the fifth satellite of Pluto – Styx. Detail gives the opportunity to see objects as small as one km in diameter. According to the assistant director of NASA’s scientific objectives Gransfelda John, the planet and its satellites are “remnants of material from which the solar system was created».
According to verbal description, a new mountain range is bordered by bright plains of ice, and in addition this darkened and iskraterennaya area.
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