New Horizon almost there

Dowly · 07-14-15, 07:29 AM

Latest photo from yesterday:

Wolferz · 07-14-15, 09:03 AM

Pluto is just a solar system dingleberry.

Aktungbby · 07-14-15, 09:13 AM

WE are all just solar system dingleberries!

Betonov · 07-14-15, 09:21 AM

Jimbuna · 07-14-15, 09:55 AM

I knew Pluto had lost the label of being a planet but didn't realise it was now known as a 'Dwarf World'.

Aktungbby · 07-14-15, 11:32 AM

Rats! I don't even rate my own planet any more!

Dowly · 07-14-15, 03:11 PM

New Horizons' not the only probe that was eyeballing Pluto lately.
Rosetta took a photo of it too on Sunday.

Left: The unprocessed image is obscured by dust grains in comet 67P’s coma. Middle: Pluto’s background of stars as seen from Rosetta. Right: The processed image shows Pluto as a bright spot within the blue circle.

Wolferz · 07-15-15, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

WE are all just solar system dingleberries!

When it comes to dingleberries, the solar system got nuthin on Uranus.

07-14-15, 09:03 AM	#2
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	New Horizons discovers... Pluto is just a solar system dingleberry. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,066 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	WE are all just solar system dingleberries! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,914 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I knew Pluto had lost the label of being a planet but didn't realise it was now known as a 'Dwarf World'. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-14-15, 11:32 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,066 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Gone to the (threeheaded) dogs! Rats! I don't even rate my own planet any more! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

07-14-15, 07:29 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Latest photo from yesterday:

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07-14-15, 03:11 PM	#7
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	New Horizons' not the only probe that was eyeballing Pluto lately. Rosetta took a photo of it too on Sunday. Left: The unprocessed image is obscured by dust grains in comet 67P’s coma. Middle: Pluto’s background of stars as seen from Rosetta. Right: The processed image shows Pluto as a bright spot within the blue circle.