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Pluto as seen from New Horizons on July 11, 2015 | NASA

Pluto as seen from New Horizons on July 11, 2015

One million miles to go; Pluto is more intriguing than ever!

At 7:49 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 14 the unmanned spacecraft will zip past Pluto at 30,800 miles per hour (49,600 kilometers per hour), with a suite of seven science instruments busily gathering data. The mission will complete the initial reconnaissance of the solar system with the first-ever look at the icy dwarf planet.

Follow the path of the spacecraft in coming days in real time with a visualization of the actual trajectory data, using NASA’s online Eyes on Pluto.

Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

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Last Updated: July 13, 2015

Editor: Tricia Talbert

Pluto’s North Pole, Equator, and Central Meridian

On July 11, 2015, New Horizons captured a world that is growing more fascinating by the day. For the first time on Pluto, this view reveals linear features that may be cliffs, as well as a circular feature that could be an impact crater. Rotating into view is the bright heart-shaped feature that will be seen in more detail during New Horizons’ closest approach on July 14. The annotated version includes a diagram indicating Pluto’s north pole, equator, and central meridian.

Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

As NASA’s unmanned New Horizons spacecraft speeds closer to a historic July 14 Pluto flyby, it’s continuing to multi-task, producing images of an icy world that’s growing more fascinating and complex every day.

On July 11, 2015, New Horizons captured this image, which suggests some new features that are of keen interest to the Geology, Geophysics and Imaging (GGI) team now assembled at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland. For the first time on Pluto, this view reveals linear features that may be cliffs, as well as a circular feature that could be an impact crater. Just starting to rotate into view on the left side of the image is the bright heart-shaped feature that will be seen in more detail during New Horizons’ closest approach.

The New Horizons spacecraft is now approaching a milestone – only one million miles to Pluto – which will occur at 11:23 p.m. EDT tonight, Sunday, July 12. It’s approaching Pluto after a more than nine-year, three-billion mile journey. At 7:49 AM EDT on Tuesday, July 14 the unmanned spacecraft will zip past Pluto at 30,800 miles per hour (49,600 kilometers per hour), with a suite of seven science instruments busily gathering data. The mission will complete the initial reconnaissance of the solar system with the first-ever look at the icy dwarf planet.

Follow the path of the spacecraft in coming days in real time with a visualization of the actual trajectory data, using NASA’s online Eyes on Pluto.

Stay in touch with the New Horizons mission with #PlutoFlyby and on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/new.horizons1

Last Updated: July 13, 2015

Editor: Tricia Talbert

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el dispensador dice:
¿el último eslabón de la cadena?,
¿el último electrón de la órbita extrema?,
¿quién habita el olvido que nadie piensa?,
¿quien visita el recuerdo que no late...
que no llega?,
¿dónde está la humanidad que espera,
y que nadie alimenta?,
¿dónde están las ilusiones despreciadas por las ciencias,
donde la filosofía no es oración,
y por ello nadie le reza?,
¿dónde quedan las esperanzas,
de los humanos que nacen en un concierto de impaciencias?,
¿es Plutón la llave de la puerta opuesta,
o hay un más allá que nadie detecta?,
¿y después de orbitar la cuesta,
quien trepa esta ladera?,
¿has, acaso, observado que te observan?...
el hombre no es evidencia de existencia,
apenas es esencia,
de un sueño que lo retiene,
como pesadilla que desacierta,
de la que no se despierta,
porque se repite siempre,
hasta que alguien la niega...
y entonces permanece latente,
hasta la próxima entrega...
ten cuidado hombre,
que en cualquier extremo,
del espacio que cobija a la propia Tierra,
siempre hay un entidad inteligente,
que aguarda,
que mira,
que espera...
bajo sus propias perspectivas,
bajo sus propias esperanzas,
imbuido de sus propias quimeras.
JULIO 13, 2015.-