NASA’s first ever close to Pluto – Kommersant

                             
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Space probe New Horizons for the first time in the history of close to Pluto, according to the website NASA. The event took place at 7:49 am (11:49 GMT). The station went to Pluto at a distance of 7767 miles (12.5 thousand. Km).

Using the tool LORRI it could gather data, which suggest that the size of Pluto more than previously thought. According to the scientists of the data, the diameter of Pluto is 2370 km (with an accuracy of 20 km). In addition, new evidence suggests that the density of the dwarf planet is slightly lower than previously thought, and ice in it – more.

Previously, the largest dwarf planet in the solar system considered Eris is located in the Kuiper Belt beyond the orbit of Pluto. Its diameter was estimated at 2336 km. New Horizons mission launched in 2006, the same year when the status of Pluto was demoted to “dwarf planet».