Date: 30/04/2015 10:46:48
From: dv
ID: 715488
Subject: slightly better Pluto pics

The previous pics from three weeks ago were not much more than dots but we are now seeing some distinct surface features.
http://www.nasa.gov/pluto042915

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Date: 30/04/2015 10:50:01
From: JudgeMental
ID: 715489
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

that pic is a really good example of a barycentre.

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Date: 30/04/2015 10:52:01
From: furious
ID: 715490
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

Distinct, you say?

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Date: 30/04/2015 10:53:35
From: JudgeMental
ID: 715491
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

i thought the same furious.

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Date: 30/04/2015 10:57:41
From: dv
ID: 715492
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

furious said:

  • we are now seeing some distinct surface features.

Distinct, you say?

Yep.

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Date: 30/04/2015 10:58:49
From: Bubblecar
ID: 715493
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

They might find that Pluto does in fact consist of a few dozen gigantic fuzzy cubes, clumped together in a roughly spherical form.

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Date: 30/04/2015 10:59:58
From: dv
ID: 715494
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

Probably in three weeks’ time we will see pics better than the best from Hubble.

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Date: 30/04/2015 16:15:25
From: Divine Angel
ID: 715687
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

furious said:

  • we are now seeing some distinct surface features.

Distinct, you say?

Yes, there’s a big white thing on Pluto facing Charon.

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Date: 5/05/2015 02:02:07
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 717997
Subject: re: slightly better Pluto pics

2nd May was Pluto’s 85th birthday.

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