[SAPOD]Today’s “space image”. We introduce characteristic images introduced by sorae in the past, attractive images released by space agencies around the world, and images sent by space astronomy fans and experts. (There is a link to the original article at the end of the article)
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Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
sorae – The icy horizon seen by the New Horizons spacecraft as it leaves Pluto
On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons probe will become the first in history, nine years after its launch in 2006.Close observation of PlutoThe we. The first image was taken by New Horizons at a distance of about 18,000 km from Pluto, 15 minutes after its closest approach.
On the right side of the image, there is a large flat area called “Sputnik Planitia” (*Sputnik Planitia is to the west of the “heart-shaped region” on Pluto. See the image in the related article).
The left side of the image is a series of mountains. The highest of these mountains is about 3500m, and the width of the entire image is about 380km.
On January 1, 2019, New Horizons made a close observation of Pluto, and after that, on January 1, 2019, it made a close observation of the outer solar system object “Arrokos” (called “Ultima Thule” at the time of observation), and it is still outside the solar system. continues to fly towards
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