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New Horizons Is Awake At Pluto   The Planets + Pluto!

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12/5/15

Slate Magazine

Bad Astronomy

My favorite part here is the crater below center. It looks like there was either a second impact or a rim collapse just below it. It's very dark inside, which means very little ice is coating the inside (though you can see some coating the wall on the left).

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12/7/15

I think this mission should be called either the Revenge of Pluto or the Return of Pluto. Pluto was demoted, mostly on the votes of IAU member who don't study planets and this shows how important the study of Pluto is.

 
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12/8/15

I like Revenge of Pluto. I suspect Alan Sterns would, as well.

 
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