{"id":10963,"date":"2015-07-13T01:27:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T05:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10963"},"modified":"2015-07-13T01:27:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T05:27:37","slug":"new-horizons-current-position-million-miles-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10963","title":{"rendered":"New Horizons: Current position + Million miles to go"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check the\u00a0New Horizons\u00a0current position<\/a>\u00a0page to follow the location of\u00a0the spacecraft as it passes by\u00a0Pluto and its moons<\/a>. Note that Pluto’s\u00a0moons rotate perpendicular to the plane of the Solar System (Pluto rotates “on its side” like Uranus and it’s\u00a0orbit<\/a> around the sun is also unusual). So the\u00a0Plutonian system looks like a target and\u00a0New Horizons will shoot through its\u00a0bulls eye.<\/p>\n

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More pictures:<\/p>\n

One Million Miles to Go
\nPluto is More Intriguing than Ever<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.
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Pluto as seen from New Horizons on July 11, 2015.<\/em>
\nCredit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/em><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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The New Horizons spacecraft is now approaching a milestone \u2013 only one million miles to Pluto \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

\"Pluto%20Annotated%207-12-15[1]\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pluto is More Intriguing than Ever (annotated) –\u00a0July 12, 2015<\/a>: On\u00a0July 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.<\/em><\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Stay in touch with the New Horizons mission with #PlutoFlyby and on Facebook at: www.facebook.com\/new.horizons1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check the\u00a0New Horizons\u00a0current position\u00a0page to follow the location of\u00a0the spacecraft as it passes by\u00a0Pluto and its moons. Note that Pluto’s\u00a0moons rotate perpendicular to the plane of the Solar System (Pluto rotates “on its side” like Uranus and it’s\u00a0orbit around the sun is also unusual). So the\u00a0Plutonian system looks like a target and\u00a0New Horizons will shoot … Continue reading New Horizons: Current position + Million miles to go<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pluto","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2QP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9970,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9970","url_meta":{"origin":10963,"position":0},"title":"New Horizons spots small moons circling Pluto","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0New Horizons\u00a0probe is closing in on the Pluto system, which it will fly by in July. the latest pictures from the spacecraft are processed to enhanced the details Pluto's moons : 85 Years after Pluto\u2019s Discovery, New Horizons Spots Small Moons Orbiting Pluto Exactly 85 years after Clyde Tombaugh\u2019s historic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Pluto and beyond"","block_context":{"text":"Pluto and beyond","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=97"},"img":{"alt_text":"LORRI_4x4_Presser_02[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LORRI_4x4_Presser_021.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LORRI_4x4_Presser_021.gif?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LORRI_4x4_Presser_021.gif?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LORRI_4x4_Presser_021.gif?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8506,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8506","url_meta":{"origin":10963,"position":1},"title":"New Horizons probe sees Charon orbiting Pluto","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0\u00a0New Horizons\u00a0spacecraft is steadily closing in on Pluto as it heads for a fly-by next July. 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