{"id":19560,"date":"2015-11-20T22:18:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/see-how-the-world-turns-on-pluto-and-charon-thanks-to-nasas-new-horizons\/"},"modified":"2015-11-20T22:18:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:18:37","slug":"see-how-the-world-turns-on-pluto-and-charon-thanks-to-nasas-new-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/see-how-the-world-turns-on-pluto-and-charon-thanks-to-nasas-new-horizons\/","title":{"rendered":"See how the world turns on Pluto and Charon, thanks to NASA\u2019s New Horizons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An array of images shows Pluto from all sides, as seen by NASA\u2019s New Horizons probe over the course of one full Plutonian day (6.4 Earth days) from July 7 to 13. (Credit: NASA \/ JHUAPL \/ SwRI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bright heart of Pluto has been burned into our consciousness, thanks to scads of high-resolution pictures. But a new set of images from NASA\u2019s New Horizons mission provides an all-around view of the dwarf planet, including the splotchy shapes that went out of view days before the time of closest approach on July 14.<\/p>\n

Another 10-picture set shows Pluto\u2019s biggest moon, Charon, from all sides.<\/p>\n

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\nScience journalist Alan Boyle<\/strong> is the author of “The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made A Big Difference.”<\/p>\n

The imagery was captured over the course of a full Plutonian day, which is 6.4 Earth days long. New Horizons\u2019 Long Range Reconnaissance Imager and the Ralph \/ Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera were trained on the icy worlds as the distance to Pluto decreased from 5 million miles on July 7 to 400,000 miles on July 13.<\/p>\n

Because of the differences in distance, New Horizons\u2019 best-resolution view of Pluto is at the 6 o\u2019clock position, showing the heart-shaped region that\u2019s been dubbed Tombaugh Regio. The best view of Charon, which highlights the polar dark spot nicknamed Mordor Macula and the canyon informally known as Serenity Chasma, is shown here at the 12 o\u2019clock position.<\/p>\n

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New Horizons\u2019 cameras captured these views of Pluto\u2019s largest moon, Charon, between July 7 and 13 as the spacecraft closed in over a range of 6.4 million miles. (Credit: NASA \/ JHUAPL \/ SwRI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although these views show how the worlds turn over the course of their entire day, they don\u2019t show the entire surface of either celestial body. New Horizons made its closest approach north of Pluto\u2019s equator, which means a fair stretch of the southern hemisphere went unseen.<\/p>\n

But stay tuned \u2026 more imagery is due to be sent back to Earth over the course of the next year. In the meantime, feast your eyes on New Horizons\u2019 psychedelic color-coded view of Pluto.<\/p>\n

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This color-coded view uses bright colors to highlight the subtler differences in the look of Pluto\u2019s distinct geological regions. (Credit: NASA \/ JHUAPL \/ SwRI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An array of images shows Pluto from all sides, as seen by NASA\u2019s New Horizons probe over the course of one full Plutonian day (6.4 Earth days) from July 7 to 13. (Credit: NASA \/ JHUAPL \/ SwRI) The bright heart of Pluto has been burned into our consciousness, thanks to scads of high-resolution pictures. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2172,2840,190,2174,2848],"class_list":["post-19560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-charon","tag-dwarf-planets","tag-nasa","tag-new-horizons","tag-pluto"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}