1st Photos of Pluto!!

[bluecoconuts]

Thought Pluto wasn't a planet anymore?:effemine:

Dwarf planet! One of 5!

Also successful ping, pictures to follow!

 

[RamFan503]

Here's my first photo of Pluto

How long before the HD pics come out?

 

[Mojo Ram]

-Pluto is about minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.
-One year on Pluto(one orbit) is equal to 246 Earth years(orbits).
Scale to Earth:

 

[bluecoconuts]

How long before the HD pics come out?

At least one should be released tomorrow, it'll take over a year for us to download all the data from New Horizons though, so new information will trickle out overtime. Most people will lose interest after the picture, the rest of us will continue to geek out when we get new information on how Pluto is affected by solar winds, and the makeup of the atmosphere, etc.

 

[Angry Ram]

That's so awesome. And all I can think of whenever someone mentions Pluto...

 

[IowaRam]

-Pluto is about minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.
-One year on Pluto(one orbit) is equal to 246 Earth years(orbits).
Scale to Earth:
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And if I remember right , one day on Pluto last almost 7 days here

 

[RamzFanz]

I'm just glad pluto doesn't feel abandoned.

People, that massive white area. Impact? Internal ejection? Illuminati NWO beach head for invasion?

 

[RamzFanz]

Updated family portrait. Our universe is simply amazing. View attachment 7981

You need:

- NOT to scale -

 

[RamzFanz]

-Pluto is about minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.
-One year on Pluto(one orbit) is equal to 246 Earth years(orbits).
Scale to Earth:
View attachment 7986

OK, so, that doesn't look smaller than our moon. I thought Pluto was smaller than our moon?

 

[bluecoconuts]

OK, so, that doesn't look smaller than our moon. I thought Pluto was smaller than our moon?

It is smaller than our moon. Pluto is about 1,573 miles across, our moon is 2,159 miles across.

 

[bluecoconuts]

Close up picture of Pluto.

This picture is amazing, it shows that Pluto is still active, or at least was until recently, for a planet as small as Pluto, it really changes our understanding of planets, and has huge potential implications for our search for other worlds.

 

[bluecoconuts]

Here's a small chart of the methane on Pluto.

You can see that there are some pretty big differences in the area, which indicate there were areas of the atmosphere that scattered the light more, which is very interesting in terms of the makeup of Pluto's atmosphere.


NASA will be releasing more pictures as time goes.

 

[Leuzer]

Pluto observations through the years (gif from NASA.gov).

Simply amazing.

 

[IowaRam]