New Horizons spacecraft is 2 weeks away from Pluto

[Mog]

Good stuff. It's amazing how far away and how small Pluto is.

 

[dave]

Good stuff. It's amazing how far away and how small Pluto is.

Is pluto a planet or giant ice ball now? I cant remember.

 

[Mog]

Is pluto a planet or giant ice ball now? I cant remember.

Its official designation is a dwarf planet now.

 

[Mntneer]

Its official designation is a dwarf planet now.

Ahem..... Little Person Planet.

 

[Mog]

Ahem..... Little Person Planet.

It's semi-planet. It's quasi-planet. It's the margarine of planet. It's the Diet Coke of planet. Just one calorie, not planet enough!

 

[Mog]

Getting closer...

 

[JLW71073]

Thats cool.

 

[Mog]

Just hit closest approach. The spacecraft will start sending back data about 12 hours from now. It'll take 16 months to fully downlink everything to earth.

Here's a picture taken yesterday: