Plutos geografi
Plutos geografi karakteriseras av regionerna på dvärgplaneten Pluto. Den 14 juli 2015 kom New Horizons-sonden förbi för första gången och färdades ett varv runt dvärgplaneten.[1][2] Under dess korta tur runt Pluto gjorde New Horizons detaljerade geografiska mätningar och observationer av Pluto och dess månar.[3]
Referenser
- ^ Chang, Kenneth. ”NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto”. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/science/space/nasa-new-horizons-spacecraft-reaches-pluto.html. Läst 10 augusti 2015.
- ^ Dunn, Marcia. ”Pluto close-up: Spacecraft makes flyby of icy, mystery world”. AP News. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150714/us-sci--pluto-1a20f848e7.html. Läst 10 augusti 2015.
- ^ Chang, Kenneth. ”Almost Time for Pluto's Close-Up”. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/science/space/almost-time-for-plutos-close-up.html. Läst 10 augusti 2015.
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A composite image of Pluto from 11 July showing high-resolution black-and-white LORRI images colorized with Ralph data.
A mosaic of Pluto images taken by the LORRI instruments aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, coloured by data from the Ralph instrument.
ORIGINAL FILE DESCRIPTION:
July 24, 2015
Global Mosaic of Pluto in True Color
Pluto
Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this sharper global view of Pluto. (The lower right edge of Pluto in this view currently lacks high-resolution color coverage.) The images, taken when the spacecraft was 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) away from Pluto, show features as small as 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometers). That’s twice the resolution of the single-image view captured on July 13 and revealed at the approximate time of New Horizons’ July 14 closest approach.
PLUTO - NEW HORIZONS - July 14, 2015
ORIGINAL IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this global view of Pluto. (The lower right edge of Pluto in this view currently lacks high-resolution color coverage.) The images, taken when the spacecraft was 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) away, show features as small as 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometers), twice the resolution of the single-image view taken on July 13 [2015].
UPLOADER NOTES:
The north polar region is at top, with bright Tombaugh Regio to the lower right of center and part of the dark Cthulhu Regio at lower left. Part of the dark Krun Regio is also visible at extreme lower right.
The original NASA image has been modified by doubling the linear pixel density and cropping.