Pluto 1,187 km Earth 6,370 km Charon 606 km
Earth 6,370 km
Pluto 1,187 km Charon 606 km
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Interior Other Ices
~1/3rd Ice ~2/3rds Rock Rock
2
17° 1 Pluto year = 248 Earth years ~30-50 times farther than Earth-to-Sun 4.5 hr light time
120°
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4
New Horizons Launch
Jan 2006 Atlas 5
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14 km/s - 9.5 years
2019
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Hubble
7
The Best Picture of Pluto before New Horizons….
Marc Buie
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Informal Names
Sputnik Planitia
Cthulhu
Tombaugh Regio Enhanced Color NASA/JHU/SwRI/Parker
9
Mordor Macula
Dorothy Gale
Oz Terra
ic n o t Tec
h” s a “S
Vulcan Planum
Informal Names
10
Pluto Composition
CO
N2
CH4
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12
13
Looking Back
30 km 14
Pluto’s Atmosphere
Haze Layers
15
Pluto System
N
16
17
18
Enhanced Color
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Mountains 5 km High Similar to Mount Everest
40 km
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Wright Mons In Sunlight
Piccard Mons In Hazelight
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22
Icy Plains
N
N 20 miles
30 km
20 km 23
24
100 km
Bladed Terrain
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Enhanced Color NASA/JHU/SwRI/Parker
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30 km
27
Lots of people!!
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30
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Extra Slides
Other Facts •
Spacecraft Size = 0.7 x 2.1 x 2.7 m
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1,000 lbs
•
RTG – 11kg Pu-238, ~200 watts at Pluto
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Communications: – 2.1 meter high-gain antenna – X-band uplink/downlink, 3000 bps max at Pluto – Uses 30W of power
•
$700 Million Total (development, launch, mission operations, data analysis, and education/public outreach) from 2001-2016 33
Composition – H2O
40 km 34
LEISA MVIC 35
36
37
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Pluto 1,187 km Charon 606 km
1
Interior Other Ices
~1/3rd Ice ~2/3rds Rock Rock
2
17° 1 Pluto year = 248 Earth years ~30-50 times farther than Earth-to-Sun 4.5 hr light time
120°
3
4
New Horizons Launch
Jan 2006 Atlas 5
5
14 km/s - 9.5 years
2019
6
Hubble
7
The Best Picture of Pluto before New Horizons….
Marc Buie
8
Informal Names
Sputnik Planitia
Cthulhu
Tombaugh Regio Enhanced Color NASA/JHU/SwRI/Parker
9
Mordor Macula
Dorothy Gale
Oz Terra
ic n o t Tec
h” s a “S
Vulcan Planum
Informal Names
10
Pluto Composition
CO
N2
CH4
11
12
13
Looking Back
30 km 14
Pluto’s Atmosphere
Haze Layers
15
Pluto System
N
16
17
18
Enhanced Color
19
Mountains 5 km High Similar to Mount Everest
40 km
20
Wright Mons In Sunlight
Piccard Mons In Hazelight
21
22
Icy Plains
N
N 20 miles
30 km
20 km 23
24
100 km
Bladed Terrain
25
Enhanced Color NASA/JHU/SwRI/Parker
26
30 km
27
Lots of people!!
28
29
30
31
Extra Slides
Other Facts •
Spacecraft Size = 0.7 x 2.1 x 2.7 m
•
1,000 lbs
•
RTG – 11kg Pu-238, ~200 watts at Pluto
•
Communications: – 2.1 meter high-gain antenna – X-band uplink/downlink, 3000 bps max at Pluto – Uses 30W of power
•
$700 Million Total (development, launch, mission operations, data analysis, and education/public outreach) from 2001-2016 33
Composition – H2O
40 km 34
LEISA MVIC 35
36
37
38
