The Pluto/Charon orbital dance
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Using the first color images sent from New Horizons, scientists have assembled a short movie of the orbital dance between Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
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Using the first color images sent from New Horizons, scientists have assembled a short movie of the orbital dance between Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
According to the newhorizons website, they are imaging Pluto daily, yet we are almost 3 weeks behind in seeing the images.
Odd…
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